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Dodgson, Campbell
Catalogue of early German and Flemish woodcuts: preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (Band 1): [German and Flemish woodcuts of the XV century] — London, 1903

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Division A.—School of Nuremberg.—Behcim.

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41. SETH. Pauli 692.

Seth, wearing a high cap, stands 1. with two boys beside him. His
wife touches his 1. arm with her r. hand. A girl holding a spindle stands
beside her. A ploughshare lies on the ground.

In the cartouche, “ Seth vnd sein weyb. | Seth war hundert vnd fiinff
jar alt, vnd zeu- | get Enos,” etc. (4|- lines).

42. ENOS. Pauli 693.

Enos stands 1., holding a wand in his 1. hand, gesticulating with his r.

hand. He has two boys in front of him, while a girl plays with a dog in
front of her mother.

In the cartouche, “Enos vnd sein weyb. | Enos war neuntzig jar alt,
vnd zeuget Kenan,” etc. (4 lines).

43. KENAN. Pauli 694.

Kenan stands L, holding a laurel branch in his r. hand, a roll of paper
in his 1. hand. Two boys stand near him, one nearly hidden. His wife
holds a baby in her arms, while a girl with a wreath on her head stands
beside her. Between one of the boys and his mother the head of a cow
is seen, licking a lamb.

In the cartouche, “ Kenan vnd sein weyb. | Kenan war sibentzig jar
alt, vnd zeuget Maha- | leel,” etc. (4 lines).

44. MAHALEEL. Pauli 697 (as Enoch).

Mahaleel stands 1. in armour, bareheaded; his two boys help to hold
his spear and buckler. His wife, in a fur-lined cloak, points with her r.
hand to the girl in front of her.

In the cartouche, “ Mahaleel vnd sein weyb. | Mahaleel war fiinff vnd
sechtzig jar alt, vnd | zeuget Jared,” etc. (4J lines).

45. JAEED. Pauli 698 (as Metkuselah).

Jared has his head turned in profile to 1. He holds a palm branch in
his 1. hand and lays his r. hand on the head of a boy who holds a square
and pair of compasses. Another boy touches his father’s knee and
mantle. The woman holds a child in her arms.

In the cartouche, “ Jared vnd sein weyb. | Jared war hundert zwey
vnd sechtzig jar alt, vnd zeuget Henoch,” etc. (4-^ lines).

40. ENOCH. Pauli 695 (as Mahaleel).

Enoch holds a laurel branch in his r. hand, and extends his 1. hand
towards liis wife. He has two boys at his feet. His wife holds one girl
by the arm, while a second girl is pulling the hair of one of her brothers.
An axe lies on the ground.

In the cai’touche, “ Henoch vnd sein weyb | Henoch war fiinff vnd
sechtzig jar alt, vnd zeuget Methusalah,” etc. (5 lines).

47. METHUSELAH. Pauli 696 (as Jared)

Methuselah holds a palm branch in his r. hand and lays his 1. hand on
the head of his son, who carries a fuller’s club. His wife stands with

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