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

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bound volume with 8 full-page woodcut illustrations

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.)

Meder, nos. 242 -245

2002.79.1

Albrecht Dürer (artist) German, 1471 - 1528

Hans Süss von Kulmbach (artist) German, c. 1485 - 1522

Hroswitha (artist) German, c. 935 - 1002

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

Quaritch Ltd., Bernard

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.

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