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Unknown
Leaf from Biblia Brevescirca 1500

Not on view
Letterpress-printed page with Latin text in two columns, large display capitals reading 'PROPHETIA' and 'PRAEFATIO,' and a small woodcut of a figure among animals

Unknown, Leaf from Biblia Breves, circa 1500, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Abbey Rents, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Leaf from Biblia Breves
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
circa 1500
Medium
Letterpress text with historiated capital letters
Dimensions
Sheet: 13 1/2 × 9 3/4 in. (34.29 × 24.77 cm) Image (recto): 11 1/2 × 8 1/2 in. (29.21 × 21.59 cm) Image (verso): 11 1/4 × 8 3/8 in. (28.58 × 21.27 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Abbey Rents
Accession Number
M.64.3.22a
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings