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Techniques and Reception of Prints in Central and Eastern Europe (15th–18th c.)
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Page border with Moses, Aaron and Adam and Eve

In Bibli Czeska, Prague: Jiří Melantrich (printer), 1557 (Warsaw, BUW, St.Dr.), fol. B1

fol. B1 (4 of 5 in-Urus figures)
fol. A6
p. 476v
Details
  • printing: impression
  • woodcut
  • paper
  • page: marginalia and borders
  • book decoration: front matter
Matrices
  • Page border with Moses, Aaron and Adam and Eve (Melantrich)
  • Initial N - Nuptials of Adam and Eve (Melantrich)
Actors
  • Jiří Melantrich (1511 - 19 November 1580) printer : 1557
Places
  • Prague production place : 1557
Design

Page border with Moses, Aaron and Adam and Eve and Initial N - Nuptials of Adam and Eve (Melantrich) ◼

Expert view
Iconography description
  • Aaron (Iconclass: 11I62(AARON))
  • Expulsion from Paradise (Iconclass: 71A6)
  • God the Father (Iconclass: 11C)
  • Labours of Adam and Eve (Iconclass: 71A7)
  • Letter N (Iconclass: 49L12(N))
  • Moses (Iconclass: 11I62(MOSES))
  • Printed historiated initial (Iconclass: 49M413)
Functional context

Title page (Bible or part of) (Title page or frontispiece)

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Created on
  • 2021-10-13 13:37

Edited by
  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec

Last update by
  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2025-10-02 15:52)

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