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06173

Title

Subject

Bible Illustrations - German

Description

The majority of the 109 woodcuts used in this Nuremberg edition of the German Bible of 1483 originally were produced in Cologne for Heinrich Quentell's Low German Bible of c. 1478. The woodcuts were hand colored.

Creator

Koberger, Anton, approximately 1440–1513 printer.

Source

06173. [German Bible]. Biblia Germanica. Volume 1 of two. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 17 February 1483.

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

Fifteenth

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

Type

Printed book with woodcut illustrations

Collection

The First Four Centuries of Printed Bible Illustration

Citation

Koberger, Anton, approximately 1440–1513 printer. , “06173,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed March 6, 2026, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/811.