Der Heiligen Leben (Lives of the Saints)
Jacobus de Voragine
(about 1229–1298)
Unidentified artist, German, 15th century
Anton Koberger
(German, about 1440–1513)
1488
Place of PublicationNuremberg, Germany
Medium/TechniqueIllustrated book containing 261 woodcuts
DimensionsOverall: 39.5 x 27 x 9 cm (15 9/16 x 10 5/8 x 3 9/16 in.)
Credit LineMaria Antoinette Evans Fund
Accession number31.1402
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Not on viewClassificationsIllustrated books
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Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 5 December 1488
ProvenanceEarly ownership inscriptions "M.A.H." and from the convent of Heidenfeld in Bavaria, near Würzburg; William Morris (1834-1896, London, English artist, craftsman, calligrapher, theoretician); Charles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919; his German cat. 433); Edouard Rahir (1862-1924), from whose sale, Paris, lot 318, purchased by MFA, May 1931.
Jacobus Philippus Bergomensis
1497
