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Techniques and Reception of Prints in Central and Eastern Europe (15th–18th c.)
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Casimir IV of Poland

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

p. CCCXI (38 of 40 in-Urus figures)
p. CCC
p. CCCXLVII
Details
  • printing: impression
  • woodcut
  • paper
  • page: figure
  • book decoration: illustration
Matrices
  • Enthroned King, with White Eagle (Wietor; Jagiellonian University)
Actors
  • Hieronim Wietor (ca 1480 - ca 1546) printer : 1521
Places
  • Cracow production place : 1521
Design

Enthroned King, with White Eagle (Wietor; Jagiellonian University) 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) ◼

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Iconography description
  • Casimir IV of Poland (Iconclass: 61B2(CASIMIR IV OF POLAND))
  • Orzeł Biały [white eagle] coat of arms
Functional context

Miechowita's Chronicle (Cosmographies, chorographies and chronicles)

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  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2024-01-22 19:46)

Edited by
  • Konrad Morawski

Last update by
  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2024-01-22 19:46)

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