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06881

Title

Subject

Bridget, of Sweden, Saint

Description

St Bridget's account of her experiences of "celestial revelations" of Christ's life, the Last Judgment, her own "mystical marriage" to Christ, and divine instructions to found the Brigittine Order. Although the 29 woodcut illustrations for this edition traditionally were assigned to Dürer, now all but one of them are believed to be by assistants who contributed finished drawings on the basis of their master’s general sketches. Dürer designed the coat–of–arms of Maximilian I.

Creator

Bridget, of Sweden, Saint, approximately 1303–1373.

Source

06881. St. Bridget of Sweden (c. 1303–1373). Revelationes sancte Birgitte. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 21 Sept. 1500.

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

FirstBooks

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

Type

Book with woodcut illustrations

Collection

Books and Prints by Albrecht Durer

Citation

Bridget, of Sweden, Saint, approximately 1303–1373., “06881,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed April 27, 2024, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1871.