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Leaf from Apocalypse of St. John

Leaf from Apocalypse of St. John

Place of OriginGermany
Dateabout 1465
DimensionsSheet: 10 7/8 × 8 1/4 in. (27.6 × 21 cm)
MediumHand colored woodcut.
ClassificationBooks
Credit LineFrederick B. and Kate L. Shoemaker Fund
Object number
1940.38
Not on View
Label TextAmong the earliest block books are the first editions of THE APOCALYPSE OF SAINT JOHN, based on illuminated manuscript versions. The woodcut process required a simplified use of line. Such woodcut pictures had a directness and power that could be immediately grasped, in conjunction with the accompanying text, by the reader.Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, The Art of the Bible, The Bible as Art, Hitchcock Gallery, Nov, 2001-Jan. 2002, p. 9, repr. (col.).

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