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Techniques and Reception of Prints in Central and Eastern Europe (15th–18th c.)
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Empress gives birth to the twins and Emperor’s mother attempts to murder them

In Ein schöne vnd kurtzweylige Histori von Kayser Octauiano, seinem Weyb vnd zwayen Sünen, Wilhelm Salzmann (translator), Augsburg: Heinrich Steiner (printer attr.), 1543 (Wolfenbüttel, HAB), fol. A2v

fol. A2v (2 of 35 in-Urus figures)
fol. A1r
fol. A4r
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  • printing: impression
  • woodcut
  • paper
  • page: figure
  • book decoration: illustration
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  • Empress gives birth to the twins and Emperor’s mother attempts to murder them (Steiner)
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  • Heinrich Steiner (died March/April 1548) printer attr. : 1543
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  • Augsburg production place : 1543
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Empress gives birth to the twins and Emperor’s mother attempts to murder them (Steiner) Part of Set for narrative on Kaiser Octavian (Steiner)

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  • ⇤ Empress gives birth to the twins and Emperor’s mother attempts to murder them (Aich) Part of Set for narrative on Kaiser Octavian (Aich) ◼
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Iconography description
  • Emperors and Empresses (Iconclass: 44B112)
  • Infant, baby (Iconclass: 42A4)
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Created by
  • Wojciech Kordyzon (2025-01-31 17:11)

Edited by
  • Wojciech Kordyzon

Last update by
  • Wojciech Kordyzon (2025-05-28 07:04)

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