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07081

Title

Subject

Bible Revelation - Block-book

Description

Single leaf from a German blockbook showing an illustration from the Book of Revelation. Woodblock print with hand coloring. Blockbook's lively apocalyptic imagery, derived from earlier manuscripts, provided Dürer’s generation of artists with useful iconographic models.

Source

07081. Apocalypse. Single leaf from a blockbook. [Germany, c. 1465].

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

Predecessors

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

Type

Blockbook

Collection

Books and Prints by Albrecht Durer

Citation

“07081,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed June 24, 2025, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1884.