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This is a photograph of a historical illuminated text page. The page features two columns of printed Latin text. Along the left side of the page is a decorative border with botanical motifs and figures colored in green, yellow, and pink. The calligraphic banner along the top of the page contains intricate medieval manuscript style text. The document suggests an origin in the early print period.
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This is a photograph of a historical illuminated text page. The page features two columns of printed Latin text. Along the left side of the page is a decorative border with botanical motifs and figures colored in green, yellow, and pink. The calligraphic banner along the top of the page contains intricate medieval manuscript style text. The document suggests an origin in the early print period.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Border from an Almanac

German 15th Century

Date
c. 1489
Medium
woodcut, hand-colored in green, brown, rose, and yellow
Classification
Print
Accession number
1943.3.725
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1401 to 1500
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • plant
  • Leaf
  • Ulm
  • Writing
Provenance

Martin Aufhäuser [1875-1944], Munich, Holland, and Los Angeles; [1] Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943. [1] For complete information on Aufhäuser's collection, see Rosenwald Papers, box 9, and Richard S. Field, _Fifteenth Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts_, Washington, D.C., 1965, Preface (np).

NGA object ID 3940. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.