Opera Hrosvite Illustris Virginis et Monialis Germane Gente Saxonica orte nuper a Conrado Celte inventa [The Writings of Hroswitha of Gandersheim, Rediscovered by Conrad Celtis]

1501

Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

Hans Süss von Kulmbach

Artist, German, c. 1485 - 1522

Hroswitha

Artist, German, c. 935 - 1002

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bound volume with 8 full-page woodcut illustrations

  • Credit Line

    Millennium Funds, Gift of Lois and Robert Erburu

  • Dimensions

    book: 29.3 x 20.9 x 2.8 cm (11 9/16 x 8 1/4 x 1 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 28.8 x 19.7 cm (11 5/16 x 7 3/4 in.)
    block: 21.7 x 14.7 cm (8 9/16 x 5 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2002.79.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, nos. 242 -245

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Hermann Marx, 1948; George Abrams, Boston; (Bernard Quaritch Ltd., London); purchased 2002 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1932

  • Meder, Joseph. Dürer-Katalog; ein Handbuch über Albrecht Dürers Stiche, Radierungen, Holzschnitte, deren Zustände, Ausgaben und Wasserzeichen. Vienna: Verlag Gilhofer und Ranschburg, 1932. Reprint. New York: Da Capo Press, 1971.

1959

  • Winkler, Friedrich. Hans von Kulmbach. Kulmbach, 1959.

1965

  • Haight, Anne. Hroswitha of Gandersheim. New York, 1965.

1997

  • Colish, Marcia. Medieval Foundations of the Western Intellectual Tradition 400-1400. New Haven, 1997.

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