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Techniques and Reception of Prints in Central and Eastern Europe (15th–18th c.)
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Louis I of Hungary

In Maciej Miechowita, Chronica Polonorum, Cracow: Hieronim Wietor (printer), 1521 (Cracow, BJ) ⛁, p. CCXLVIII

p. CCXLVIII (35 of 40 in-Urus figures)
p. CCXXI
p. CCLXVIII
Details
  • printing: impression
  • woodcut
  • paper
  • page: figure
  • book decoration: illustration
Matrices
  • Enthroned King, Frontal, with White Eagle and Coat of Arms of Hungary (Wietor)
Actors
  • Hieronim Wietor (ca 1480 - ca 1546) printer : 1521
Places
  • Cracow production place : 1521
Design

Enthroned King, Frontal, with White Eagle and Coat of Arms of Hungary (Wietor) Part of Rulers - developments of Wietor's set (Wietor; Piotrkowczyk; Giermański; Jagiellonian University) Part of Portraits and historical scenes (Wietor; Piotrkowczyk; Andrysowicz; Lob; Giermański; Jagiellonian University) ◼

Expert view
Iconography description
  • Coat of arms of Kingdom of Hungary
  • Louis I of Hungary (Iconclass: 61B2(LOUIS I OF HUNGARY))
  • Orzeł Biały [white eagle] coat of arms
Functional context

Miechowita's Chronicle (Cosmographies, chorographies and chronicles)

References
Matrices' graphic catalogue entries
  • Muczkowski: 1179
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Created by
  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2023-05-27 18:13)

Edited by
  • Konrad Morawski

Last update by
  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2023-06-27 20:18)

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