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Division D.— Woodouts from Books.

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DIVISION D.—WOODCUTS FROM BOOKS.

Tlie woodcuts comprised in this division are illustrations de-
tached from books printed in Germany and the FTetherlands in the
xv century. They are arranged, primarily, according to the place
of publication, in alphabetical order; secondarily, according to date.
Book illustrations do not fall properly within tlie limits of W. L.
Schreiber’s “ Manuel de l’Amateur,” and all cuts described by him,
which have been definitely recognised as belonging to printed books,
have been removed from their place in his numerical order and
described below. The bibliographical works to which references
are given are the following :—

Campbell: “ Annales de la Typographie Neerlandaise au xve
siecle,” 1874-8.

Conway: “ The Woodcutters of the Netherlands in the Fifteenth
Century,” 1884.

Hain : “ Bepertorium Bibliographicum,” 1826-38.

Kristeller: “Die Strassburger Biicher-lllustration im XV. und
im Anfange des xvi. Jahrhunderts,” 1888.

Muther: “Die Deutsche Bucherillustration der Gothik und Fruh-
renaissance,” 1884.

Broctor: “ Index to the Early Brinted Books in the British
Museum,” 1898. Sections I and III.

Weisbach: “Die Baseler Buchillustration des xv. Jahrhunderts ”
(Studien zur Deutschen Kunstgeschichte, 8. Fleft), 1896.

AUGSBURG.

D 1.

1473. Christ as Redeemer, Schr. 833. From Plenarimn, s. I. et typ. n., fol.
(Augsburg, Giinther Zainer?), 1473. Proctor 1534.

Christ stands, full face, giving the benediction with his r. hand, and
holding an orb surmounted by a cross in his 1. hand. His long wavy
hair is parted in the middle, and a short curl hangs over his forehead.
His eyes are full. His short beard is divided in the middle. His head
is surrounded by a large floriated nimbus with triple rim. Within the
inmost rim is a band of ornament. He wears a mantle held by a double
 
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