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Early German and FlemisJi Woodcuts.—Part 1.
C 8.
QUINDECIM SIGNA.
W.—D 12.
A single cut from the blockbook of “ Antichrist and the Fifteen Signs.”
The cut is from the second part of the work : £ ‘ Quindecim signa extremi
judicii diem praecedentia.” It is the lower subject on fol. 2, and relates to
the second sign.
The text above the subject is as follows : 5^3 tUtiJCC ^atdjfU tSt,
£Jass stclj Das iilcr hntfcr ttt&cr tut | gtls ttcrt* ttas tk ntemauts
gcscijctt tttag ♦ FtttJ ttas cvtrtdj totrt | Stirr.
The scene is the top of a cliff, forming a table-land, cleft by a ravine.
A man, kneeling on one knee, near the edge of the cliff, points to the sea,
which has receded. Two other men stand 1. conversing. The ground is
quite barren and dry. The spires of a town appear in the background.
[110 X 155.] Printecl in brown ink; well preserved ; not coloured. There are two
xylograpliic editions of tliis work, one anonymous, the other bearing tbe signature of
Jungbanss briefmaler zu nuremberg, and tbe date 1472. Scbreiber reproduces fol. 8 of
eacb of tbese editions in vol. vii, pl. lvi-lvii.
Anotber fragment of tbe Auticbrist blockbook (Weigel 164), supposed to belong to
tbe first edition, is in the Library (Proctor 13).
Purcbased from Messrs. Smith, 1845.
f SPECULUM HUMANLE SALVATIONIS.
(Reproduction.) W.—D 14.
Woodcut copy of tbe first page of a Dutcb edition, unknown to Sotheby, of tbe
Speculum Humanaa Salvationis blockbook. Tbis copy is reproduced in facsimiie by
Sotbeby, “ Princ. Typ.” ii, pl. lxxviii. Its origin was unknown to Sotbeby and Willsbire,
but it is anotber nf Bagfoid’s copies, and is to be found in bis collection bound up in
Harl. 5934, no. 101, printed on paper of the full size of tbe volume, witb the watermark
K W M (King William and Mary ? Anuther paper on wbicb some of these copies are
printed bas for its watermark a posthom on a sbield, surmoimted by a crown, witb W R
—“ Wilhelmus Rex ” ?—below it). Tbis impression bas tbe watermark J T. Tbe block
from whicb tbis oopy was printecl is now in the Department of Printed Books.
[130 X 195 (tbe cut only).]
Transferred from tbe Dept. of MSS. in 1814.
Early German and FlemisJi Woodcuts.—Part 1.
C 8.
QUINDECIM SIGNA.
W.—D 12.
A single cut from the blockbook of “ Antichrist and the Fifteen Signs.”
The cut is from the second part of the work : £ ‘ Quindecim signa extremi
judicii diem praecedentia.” It is the lower subject on fol. 2, and relates to
the second sign.
The text above the subject is as follows : 5^3 tUtiJCC ^atdjfU tSt,
£Jass stclj Das iilcr hntfcr ttt&cr tut | gtls ttcrt* ttas tk ntemauts
gcscijctt tttag ♦ FtttJ ttas cvtrtdj totrt | Stirr.
The scene is the top of a cliff, forming a table-land, cleft by a ravine.
A man, kneeling on one knee, near the edge of the cliff, points to the sea,
which has receded. Two other men stand 1. conversing. The ground is
quite barren and dry. The spires of a town appear in the background.
[110 X 155.] Printecl in brown ink; well preserved ; not coloured. There are two
xylograpliic editions of tliis work, one anonymous, the other bearing tbe signature of
Jungbanss briefmaler zu nuremberg, and tbe date 1472. Scbreiber reproduces fol. 8 of
eacb of tbese editions in vol. vii, pl. lvi-lvii.
Anotber fragment of tbe Auticbrist blockbook (Weigel 164), supposed to belong to
tbe first edition, is in the Library (Proctor 13).
Purcbased from Messrs. Smith, 1845.
f SPECULUM HUMANLE SALVATIONIS.
(Reproduction.) W.—D 14.
Woodcut copy of tbe first page of a Dutcb edition, unknown to Sotheby, of tbe
Speculum Humanaa Salvationis blockbook. Tbis copy is reproduced in facsimiie by
Sotbeby, “ Princ. Typ.” ii, pl. lxxviii. Its origin was unknown to Sotbeby and Willsbire,
but it is anotber nf Bagfoid’s copies, and is to be found in bis collection bound up in
Harl. 5934, no. 101, printed on paper of the full size of tbe volume, witb the watermark
K W M (King William and Mary ? Anuther paper on wbicb some of these copies are
printed bas for its watermark a posthom on a sbield, surmoimted by a crown, witb W R
—“ Wilhelmus Rex ” ?—below it). Tbis impression bas tbe watermark J T. Tbe block
from whicb tbis oopy was printecl is now in the Department of Printed Books.
[130 X 195 (tbe cut only).]
Transferred from tbe Dept. of MSS. in 1814.