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BRB1566

Title

Subject

Christ's Passion

Description

Intended for young readers, this rhyming German lithographic broadside narrates the story of Christ's Passion by means of a rebus, combining printed text and sixty-three hand colored images that stand in for particular words.

Source

BRB1566. Liedensgeschichte des herrn Jesu Christi. Nuremberg: Georg Nikolaus Renner, [ca. 1840].

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

Broadside

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

Type

Lithographic Broadside

Collection

The Shape of Content in Christian Books, Broadsides, and Prints

Citation

“BRB1566,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed October 2, 2023, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1697.