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Division A.—Single Woodeuts.
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A 125.
DEATH IN THE JAWS OF HELL.
Sclir. 1894. W.—D 116.
Death, a lean, bony form, but not entirely without flesh, stands with
legs crossed in tlie mouth of a monster with enormous teeth and bristiy
nostrils, which vornits flames from its jaws. Death’s arms are stretched
downwards on either side of his body. A serpent is coiled round his
breast with its head behind his neck and its tail between his legs. A
toad conceals his groin.
The shading is careful and regular, without cross-hatching. The cut is
enclosed by a single border.
[135 x 82.] The border is broken away in several places. Colours : light brown,
carmine, pale yellow, yellowish green.
The cut is placed in the centre of the upper part of a broadside [355 x 245], which
contains 74 lines of printed text, arranged dowu to the middle of the sheet in three
columns, below it in two. The text is entirely in verse, though tlie lower part is
printed as prose. At the foot is the address of the publisher: ff)aiUt3 Ijatt^rr
hrtrfmalcr JU ?HImc. (See note, p. 72, and Proctor, op. cit. ii, 731 ; App. no. 2598 a.)
Purchased from Messrs. Holloway, 1872.
A 126 (a, b).
THE KALENDAR OF MAGISTER JOHANNES DE GAMUNDIA.
Schr. 1903 ; W. u. Z. 287. (Modern impression.) W.—D 112.
The Kalendar was constructed for the years 1439-69 by Johannes de Gamundia,
who died at Vienna, 23rd Feb., 1442. His name appears in a space at the end of the
month of February. The designs illustrating the occupations of each inonth and the
signs of the zodiac, both in circles, point to a time about 1470 or even later for the
execution of the blocks, which are still extant in the Derschau collection in the Berlin
Cabinet, and were reprinted by Becker (1810), A 17.
Another impression, printed on both sides of one sheet, is in the Dept. of Printed
Books (Proctor 32).
Purchased from Messrs. Evans, 1856.
A 127.
FKAGMENT OF A KALENDAK, WITH WISHES FOR THE NEW YEAR.
Schr. 1906. W. u. Z. 211. W.—D 113.
The fragment contains two passages of printed text, each of seven
lines, accompanied by circular diagrams, relating to a total eclipse of the
moon on 3rd Feb. and a partial eclipse of the sun on 20th July. Under
the first diagram is written in MS. in faded ink, Anno dni Mcccclxxxvij,
and over the second diagram, in the same hand, Ixxxvij. At the foot of
the text is a woodcut [40 X 188] without border. Two leafy sprays rise
to 1. and r. from a branch, and each ends in a flower, from which a naked
child emerges. The child to 1. is Jesus, the other is the infant St. John.
Each holds a sucking-bag 1 in one hand and lays the other on the end of a
long scroll which winds from 1. to r. through the foliage, bearing the
words “ 3£tU T1 CJUt. SCltg' . . tOt\” Before and after the word “ ior ” a
thin, black animal with arched back is inserted. A bird is perched on
the scroll at either end. The shading is careful.
1 According to Ileitz (Neujahrswiinsche, p. 13, note) such bags are giveu to
children in Suabia to the present day. They consist of linen rags, in wliich sugar and
bread are wrapped up, and they are known by the provincial names of Lutscher,
Schnuller, or Schlotzer.
119
A 125.
DEATH IN THE JAWS OF HELL.
Sclir. 1894. W.—D 116.
Death, a lean, bony form, but not entirely without flesh, stands with
legs crossed in tlie mouth of a monster with enormous teeth and bristiy
nostrils, which vornits flames from its jaws. Death’s arms are stretched
downwards on either side of his body. A serpent is coiled round his
breast with its head behind his neck and its tail between his legs. A
toad conceals his groin.
The shading is careful and regular, without cross-hatching. The cut is
enclosed by a single border.
[135 x 82.] The border is broken away in several places. Colours : light brown,
carmine, pale yellow, yellowish green.
The cut is placed in the centre of the upper part of a broadside [355 x 245], which
contains 74 lines of printed text, arranged dowu to the middle of the sheet in three
columns, below it in two. The text is entirely in verse, though tlie lower part is
printed as prose. At the foot is the address of the publisher: ff)aiUt3 Ijatt^rr
hrtrfmalcr JU ?HImc. (See note, p. 72, and Proctor, op. cit. ii, 731 ; App. no. 2598 a.)
Purchased from Messrs. Holloway, 1872.
A 126 (a, b).
THE KALENDAR OF MAGISTER JOHANNES DE GAMUNDIA.
Schr. 1903 ; W. u. Z. 287. (Modern impression.) W.—D 112.
The Kalendar was constructed for the years 1439-69 by Johannes de Gamundia,
who died at Vienna, 23rd Feb., 1442. His name appears in a space at the end of the
month of February. The designs illustrating the occupations of each inonth and the
signs of the zodiac, both in circles, point to a time about 1470 or even later for the
execution of the blocks, which are still extant in the Derschau collection in the Berlin
Cabinet, and were reprinted by Becker (1810), A 17.
Another impression, printed on both sides of one sheet, is in the Dept. of Printed
Books (Proctor 32).
Purchased from Messrs. Evans, 1856.
A 127.
FKAGMENT OF A KALENDAK, WITH WISHES FOR THE NEW YEAR.
Schr. 1906. W. u. Z. 211. W.—D 113.
The fragment contains two passages of printed text, each of seven
lines, accompanied by circular diagrams, relating to a total eclipse of the
moon on 3rd Feb. and a partial eclipse of the sun on 20th July. Under
the first diagram is written in MS. in faded ink, Anno dni Mcccclxxxvij,
and over the second diagram, in the same hand, Ixxxvij. At the foot of
the text is a woodcut [40 X 188] without border. Two leafy sprays rise
to 1. and r. from a branch, and each ends in a flower, from which a naked
child emerges. The child to 1. is Jesus, the other is the infant St. John.
Each holds a sucking-bag 1 in one hand and lays the other on the end of a
long scroll which winds from 1. to r. through the foliage, bearing the
words “ 3£tU T1 CJUt. SCltg' . . tOt\” Before and after the word “ ior ” a
thin, black animal with arched back is inserted. A bird is perched on
the scroll at either end. The shading is careful.
1 According to Ileitz (Neujahrswiinsche, p. 13, note) such bags are giveu to
children in Suabia to the present day. They consist of linen rags, in wliich sugar and
bread are wrapped up, and they are known by the provincial names of Lutscher,
Schnuller, or Schlotzer.