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Early German and Flemisli Woodeuts.—Part II.
11. ZERAII AND AHAB. (Nos. 7 and 8 of the Tyrants.)
Zerah (the Ethiopian, 2 Chr. xiv, 9) wears a low spiked crown with
ostrich plumes, and holds a spiked mace over his 1. shoulder. He looks
away from Ahab, a bearded king in a helmet with ostrich plumes, who
holds a javelin in his r. hand.
12. SENNACHERIB AND NEBUCHADNEZZAR.
(Nos. 9 and 10 of the Tyrants.)
Sennacherib, in a crowned helmet with ostrich plumes, liolds a rod of
twigs in his r. hand. He faces Nebuchad nezzar, who wears a low crown
with eight points and spiked gauntlets on his hancls, and holds a scourge
with two thongs in his r. hand. The rocl and scourge resemble those
commonly represented in the scene of the Flagellation of Christ in the
Passion.
13. HOLOPERNES AND ANTIOCHUS. (Nos. 11 and 12 of the Tyrants.)
Holofernes, wearing a wide-brimmed hat with plumes, over a cap, and
a slashed doublet, holds a hammer in his r. hand. He is conversing with
Antiochus, who wears plate-armour and a circlet with spikes far apart,
and has a snake coiled round his r. arm.
Nos. 8-13 are uniform late impressions [sheet, c. 135 x 185].
In tlie inventory of 1837.
[14-25.]
Tiie Ancestoes and Eaely Kings op the German Eace.
Edition printed on single sheets.
These are the same woodcufs as were issued in book form in 1543,1 but here each
subject is enclosed in an architectural frame or pcase-'partout, consisting of a single
block, the same fhroughout the series. Two columns at the sides, eacli resting on a
pedestal adorned with a trophy of arms, support an entablature, in front of which two
ch'erubs hold up a large scroll, designed to contain a title, but empty in this edition.
The title is printed with type, in a single line, above the woodcut, on the same sheet.
The same verses as accompany the woodcuts in the book are printed here in smnller
type, in two columns, on a separate sheet, which is attached to the foot of the woodcut.
The blocks were in about tlie same condition, when these impressions were taken, as
wlien the book was printed. This is probably not the original edition, for ihc titles
would there have stood in the place inttmded for them ;2 but it is no doubt a republica-
tion of the blocks in the guise in which they were intended to be seen, completed by
the frame.
On this series see Reimers, pp. 3S, 102, 101, Domanig, pp. 12-19, and Lange,
pp. 23-24. I have myself described the present edition in Jtepert. f. Kundw. xx, 209.
The twelve sheets with woodcuts are preceded by a single sheet with the preface,
“ So wir den Gescliiclitschreybern glauben,” etc., printed in large type in 45 lines.
TJie initial S is the same as was used iu the book (tliis edition, therefore, was probably
also issued by Ilans Guldenmund), but the cut at tlie top, showing the imperial arms
with the Golden Fleece, between the pillars of Hercules, is different. The titles are
given with the orthography used in this edition.
1 See p. 526, no. 1.
2 Reimers (p. 102, no. 10) has described one leaf of sucli an edition.
Early German and Flemisli Woodeuts.—Part II.
11. ZERAII AND AHAB. (Nos. 7 and 8 of the Tyrants.)
Zerah (the Ethiopian, 2 Chr. xiv, 9) wears a low spiked crown with
ostrich plumes, and holds a spiked mace over his 1. shoulder. He looks
away from Ahab, a bearded king in a helmet with ostrich plumes, who
holds a javelin in his r. hand.
12. SENNACHERIB AND NEBUCHADNEZZAR.
(Nos. 9 and 10 of the Tyrants.)
Sennacherib, in a crowned helmet with ostrich plumes, liolds a rod of
twigs in his r. hand. He faces Nebuchad nezzar, who wears a low crown
with eight points and spiked gauntlets on his hancls, and holds a scourge
with two thongs in his r. hand. The rocl and scourge resemble those
commonly represented in the scene of the Flagellation of Christ in the
Passion.
13. HOLOPERNES AND ANTIOCHUS. (Nos. 11 and 12 of the Tyrants.)
Holofernes, wearing a wide-brimmed hat with plumes, over a cap, and
a slashed doublet, holds a hammer in his r. hand. He is conversing with
Antiochus, who wears plate-armour and a circlet with spikes far apart,
and has a snake coiled round his r. arm.
Nos. 8-13 are uniform late impressions [sheet, c. 135 x 185].
In tlie inventory of 1837.
[14-25.]
Tiie Ancestoes and Eaely Kings op the German Eace.
Edition printed on single sheets.
These are the same woodcufs as were issued in book form in 1543,1 but here each
subject is enclosed in an architectural frame or pcase-'partout, consisting of a single
block, the same fhroughout the series. Two columns at the sides, eacli resting on a
pedestal adorned with a trophy of arms, support an entablature, in front of which two
ch'erubs hold up a large scroll, designed to contain a title, but empty in this edition.
The title is printed with type, in a single line, above the woodcut, on the same sheet.
The same verses as accompany the woodcuts in the book are printed here in smnller
type, in two columns, on a separate sheet, which is attached to the foot of the woodcut.
The blocks were in about tlie same condition, when these impressions were taken, as
wlien the book was printed. This is probably not the original edition, for ihc titles
would there have stood in the place inttmded for them ;2 but it is no doubt a republica-
tion of the blocks in the guise in which they were intended to be seen, completed by
the frame.
On this series see Reimers, pp. 3S, 102, 101, Domanig, pp. 12-19, and Lange,
pp. 23-24. I have myself described the present edition in Jtepert. f. Kundw. xx, 209.
The twelve sheets with woodcuts are preceded by a single sheet with the preface,
“ So wir den Gescliiclitschreybern glauben,” etc., printed in large type in 45 lines.
TJie initial S is the same as was used iu the book (tliis edition, therefore, was probably
also issued by Ilans Guldenmund), but the cut at tlie top, showing the imperial arms
with the Golden Fleece, between the pillars of Hercules, is different. The titles are
given with the orthography used in this edition.
1 See p. 526, no. 1.
2 Reimers (p. 102, no. 10) has described one leaf of sucli an edition.