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06166

06166%20Biblia%20Germanica-Eggestein_1000.jpg

Title

Subject

Description

Second German Bible with a unique illustration of the Idolatry of King Solomon including a with dark skin which was unsual for European art of the time.

Creator

Eggestein, Heinrich, b. ca. 1415, printer.

Source

06166. [GERMAN BIBLE]. Biblia Germanica. Vol. 2. [Strasbourg: Heinrich Eggestein, not after 1470].

Publisher

Bridwell Library Special Collections

Date

Rights

Please cite Bridwell Library Special Collections, SMU, as the source of this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained by contacting Special Collections (bridsc@smu.edu).

Relation

Germany

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

Type

Royal folio

Collection

Invention and Discovery: Printed Books from Fifteenth-Century Europe

Citation

Eggestein, Heinrich, b. ca. 1415, printer. , “06166,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed April 25, 2025, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1328.