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Techniques and Reception of Prints in Central and Eastern Europe (15th–18th c.)
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Pagan Gods of Prussians on the Purported Flag of Widewuto

In Kaspar Henneberger, Kurtze und warhafftige Beschreibung des Landes in Preussen, Königsberg: Georg Osterberger (printer), 1584 (Kórnik, BK PAN), fol. F2

fol. F2 (4 of 6 in-Urus figures)
fol. E4v
fol. F2
Details
  • printing: impression
  • woodcut
  • paper
  • page: figure
  • book decoration: illustration
Matrices
  • Pagan Gods of Prussians on the Purported Flag of Widewuto (Osterberger). Part of Set for Henneberger's Beschreibung (Osterberger)
Actors
  • Georg Osterberger (1542 - 1602) printer : 1584
Places
  • Königsberg production place : 1584
Design

Pagan Gods of Prussians on the Purported Flag of Widewuto (Osterberger). Part of Set for Henneberger's Beschreibung (Osterberger)

In-Urus interactions
  • ⇥ Pagan Gods of Prussians on the Purported Flag of Widewuto (Casteleyn). Part of Set for Historie van't Landt van Pruyssen (Casteleyn)
  • ⇥ Pagan Gods of Prussians on the Purported Flag of Widewuto and his Coat of Arms (Andreae). Part of Set for Hartknoch Alt- und Neues Preussen
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Iconography description
  • Patals or Patollus (Old Prussian god)
  • Perkūnas (Baltic god of thunder)
  • Potrimp or Potrimpus (Old Prussian god)
  • Widewuto (Viduutus, Vidvutus, Witowudi, Waidewut, Vaidevutis), legendary ruler of Prussia
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Created by
  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2022-11-02 19:00)

Edited by
  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec

Last update by
  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2023-06-27 20:20)

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