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WORKS EXECUTED IN [ Quindecim Signa.
5.* Quindecim Signa extremi judicii diem
prjecedentia. Germanice. Folio.
This very curious work begins on the recto of the first leaf, thus :
t$ic tmti in tudicgcc tonfc focm nic fftnf$cijcn
$aicfjcn Itimcnboc Ocm Ijingotcn tag inil itl) ijicnacfj.
£agcn* SDucci) kc*
These are the first two lines of the first page ; which contains 30
lines, encircled by a border: the whole is very evidently the effect of
workmanship upon a wooden-block. Eight leaves follow, liaving two
rude wood-cuts \ipon the rectos of each ; with the exception of the last
twoleaves—which have only one upon each. At the top of each wood-
cut there is a German inscription. Thefirst represents two men by a river
side, pointing : tlie second, two men c-onversing ; with a third, at some
distance, stooping down by the side of a river : the third cut represents
two men by the side of a river, with a mermaid andthreesea-monsters
apparently addressing them : the fourth, three men by the side of a
river of fire : tlxe fiftli, two men and five birds: tlie sixth, two men
lying down, and three animals in the same positions : the seventh, two
men—fire falling from heaven, &c.: the eighth, three men and an ani-
mal seeking shelter in caves—stones falling from the clouds : tlie nintli,
three men, between a stag, a lion, and bear: the tentli is represented
in the opposite F.\c-siMiLE:t the eleventh, stars on fire, falling;
two figures running away to the right: the twelfth, one man lying on
his back, another about to fall on his face; three animals upon their
backs : the thirteenth, a shower of fire, and fire upon the ground: the
fourteenth, two angels sounding each a trumpet; the dead raised, a
skeleton to the right surrounded by fiames—the whole meant to be a
prelude to the day of judgment. Then follows a leaf with German
text on the recto, comprehending 38 lines : a border round.
* The following is a literal translation of tlie commencement of this German preface:
* How and in what manner the Fifteen things come bekore the day of Judgment,
I shall tell as follows. Through the great and unfatliomable mercy and overfiowing love
which Almighty God bears to all men, he hath ordained that these following ffteen things
should be written before the day of judgment, and described to the reader.’
t The following is a translation of the German at the head of the opposite fac-simile :
‘ The tenth sign is, that all the graves open from the rising of the sun to the going down of
the sarne; and the dead rise from the graves, so that they are seen by the living.’
WORKS EXECUTED IN [ Quindecim Signa.
5.* Quindecim Signa extremi judicii diem
prjecedentia. Germanice. Folio.
This very curious work begins on the recto of the first leaf, thus :
t$ic tmti in tudicgcc tonfc focm nic fftnf$cijcn
$aicfjcn Itimcnboc Ocm Ijingotcn tag inil itl) ijicnacfj.
£agcn* SDucci) kc*
These are the first two lines of the first page ; which contains 30
lines, encircled by a border: the whole is very evidently the effect of
workmanship upon a wooden-block. Eight leaves follow, liaving two
rude wood-cuts \ipon the rectos of each ; with the exception of the last
twoleaves—which have only one upon each. At the top of each wood-
cut there is a German inscription. Thefirst represents two men by a river
side, pointing : tlie second, two men c-onversing ; with a third, at some
distance, stooping down by the side of a river : the third cut represents
two men by the side of a river, with a mermaid andthreesea-monsters
apparently addressing them : the fourth, three men by the side of a
river of fire : tlxe fiftli, two men and five birds: tlie sixth, two men
lying down, and three animals in the same positions : the seventh, two
men—fire falling from heaven, &c.: the eighth, three men and an ani-
mal seeking shelter in caves—stones falling from the clouds : tlie nintli,
three men, between a stag, a lion, and bear: the tentli is represented
in the opposite F.\c-siMiLE:t the eleventh, stars on fire, falling;
two figures running away to the right: the twelfth, one man lying on
his back, another about to fall on his face; three animals upon their
backs : the thirteenth, a shower of fire, and fire upon the ground: the
fourteenth, two angels sounding each a trumpet; the dead raised, a
skeleton to the right surrounded by fiames—the whole meant to be a
prelude to the day of judgment. Then follows a leaf with German
text on the recto, comprehending 38 lines : a border round.
* The following is a literal translation of tlie commencement of this German preface:
* How and in what manner the Fifteen things come bekore the day of Judgment,
I shall tell as follows. Through the great and unfatliomable mercy and overfiowing love
which Almighty God bears to all men, he hath ordained that these following ffteen things
should be written before the day of judgment, and described to the reader.’
t The following is a translation of the German at the head of the opposite fac-simile :
‘ The tenth sign is, that all the graves open from the rising of the sun to the going down of
the sarne; and the dead rise from the graves, so that they are seen by the living.’