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Early German and Flemish Woodcuts.—Part II.
folded hands, looking to the front. A little girl holds an apple in her
r. hand.
In the cartouche, “ Methusalah vnd sein weyb | Methusalah war
hundert siben vnd achtzig jar alt, | vnd zeuget Lamech,” etc. (4J lines).
48. LAMECH. Pauli 699.
Lamech, in a hat, stands 1. with two boys at his side, one of whom,
Jubal, plays a fiute, while a harp and an organ are placed on the ground
near him; the other, Tubal-cain, holds a hammer and points with his 1.
hand to a bell on which are the letters A H S P (reversed). Lamech
gives an apple with his r. hand to a third boy, who is identified by the
tent behind him as Jabal, the son of Adah, Lamech’s elder wife, who
stands by his wife. The younger wife, Zillah, confronts her husband, and
lays her 1. hand on the neck of a girl, LTaamah, who carries a ball of
thread.
In the cartouche, “ Lamech vnd seine weyber. ] Lamech war hundert
zwey vnd achtzig jar alt, vnd zeuget einen ( sun, vnd hiess ihn Noah,”
etc. (5f lines).
The woodcut illustrates Gen. iv, 19-22, while the text refers to the later Lamech,
father of Noah, Gen. v, 28-31.
49. NOAH. Pauli 700.
Noah, bareheaded, has a large purse or bag suspended from his girdle,
which one of his two sons is touching; the other holds a stick. Noah’s
wife stands r. with a flower in her hand ; two children (one a girl) stand
near her.
In the cartouche, “ Noah vnd sein weyb. | Noah war fiinff hundert
jar alt, vnd zeuget [ Sem, Ham, vnd Japheth,” etc. (4| lines).
[Each slieet 295 x 195, the cut itself c. 225 x 195.] Early impressions; watermark,
a small orb (Peichsapfel). The ground throughout has been coloured brown. The
paper is cut off close to the upper border of the cartouche and to the border line helow
the woodcut itself; it is also trimmed closely at the sides. A damaged portiou of
no. 49 has been repaired witli a piece taken from a much later impression.
In the inventory of 1837.
These impressions beloDg, according to Pauli, to the first edition, which should
Jiave, when complete, a general title and preface and sixteen verses in two columns, by
Ilans Sachs, under each subject. The woodcuts were printed (probably also cut) by
Nicolaus Meldemann in 1530 ; his monogram, in a laurel wreath, was placed at the
end. Beriiu possesses this edition complete. Tbe woodcuts were intended to be
attached, side by side, so as to form a single long slieet.
[50-91.]
Forty-two Small Illustrations to thb Gospels.
Pauli 767-S09.1
Over each subject is a title in one or two lines. The order is that of
the Sunday Gospels throughout the year; a few subjects are omitted, or
missing in this copy.
1 Pauli describes one suhject twice, as 782 and 784. He should have placcd his
nos. 805-809 at the beginning, instead of the end of the series.
Early German and Flemish Woodcuts.—Part II.
folded hands, looking to the front. A little girl holds an apple in her
r. hand.
In the cartouche, “ Methusalah vnd sein weyb | Methusalah war
hundert siben vnd achtzig jar alt, | vnd zeuget Lamech,” etc. (4J lines).
48. LAMECH. Pauli 699.
Lamech, in a hat, stands 1. with two boys at his side, one of whom,
Jubal, plays a fiute, while a harp and an organ are placed on the ground
near him; the other, Tubal-cain, holds a hammer and points with his 1.
hand to a bell on which are the letters A H S P (reversed). Lamech
gives an apple with his r. hand to a third boy, who is identified by the
tent behind him as Jabal, the son of Adah, Lamech’s elder wife, who
stands by his wife. The younger wife, Zillah, confronts her husband, and
lays her 1. hand on the neck of a girl, LTaamah, who carries a ball of
thread.
In the cartouche, “ Lamech vnd seine weyber. ] Lamech war hundert
zwey vnd achtzig jar alt, vnd zeuget einen ( sun, vnd hiess ihn Noah,”
etc. (5f lines).
The woodcut illustrates Gen. iv, 19-22, while the text refers to the later Lamech,
father of Noah, Gen. v, 28-31.
49. NOAH. Pauli 700.
Noah, bareheaded, has a large purse or bag suspended from his girdle,
which one of his two sons is touching; the other holds a stick. Noah’s
wife stands r. with a flower in her hand ; two children (one a girl) stand
near her.
In the cartouche, “ Noah vnd sein weyb. | Noah war fiinff hundert
jar alt, vnd zeuget [ Sem, Ham, vnd Japheth,” etc. (4| lines).
[Each slieet 295 x 195, the cut itself c. 225 x 195.] Early impressions; watermark,
a small orb (Peichsapfel). The ground throughout has been coloured brown. The
paper is cut off close to the upper border of the cartouche and to the border line helow
the woodcut itself; it is also trimmed closely at the sides. A damaged portiou of
no. 49 has been repaired witli a piece taken from a much later impression.
In the inventory of 1837.
These impressions beloDg, according to Pauli, to the first edition, which should
Jiave, when complete, a general title and preface and sixteen verses in two columns, by
Ilans Sachs, under each subject. The woodcuts were printed (probably also cut) by
Nicolaus Meldemann in 1530 ; his monogram, in a laurel wreath, was placed at the
end. Beriiu possesses this edition complete. Tbe woodcuts were intended to be
attached, side by side, so as to form a single long slieet.
[50-91.]
Forty-two Small Illustrations to thb Gospels.
Pauli 767-S09.1
Over each subject is a title in one or two lines. The order is that of
the Sunday Gospels throughout the year; a few subjects are omitted, or
missing in this copy.
1 Pauli describes one suhject twice, as 782 and 784. He should have placcd his
nos. 805-809 at the beginning, instead of the end of the series.