Print, book-illustration (BM 1896,1118.52-78 14)

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Print, book-illustration (BM 1896,1118.52-78 14)

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A set of twenty-seven metalcuts from a Sarum 'Horae' probably printed in Paris (by F. Regnault?), or possibly English copies of French originals: Christ carrying the cross (69); Nativity (59); Christ before Pilate (64); angel appearing to shepherds (60); Christ shown to the people (65); Adoration of the Magi (61); Road to calvary (66); Circumcision (62); Flight into Egypt (63); Deposition (67); Assumption (71); Entombment (68); Joah murdering Uriah (53); David repenting for his sins (54); David offering a lamb in sacrifice (55 and 56); David appointing Solomon as his successor in the presence of his mother Bathsheba (57); David handing his crown to Solomon (58); Adam and Eve expulsed from Eden (50); Adam and Eve after the Fall (51); God creating Adam (49); damned souls burning in hell (78); a vignette showing a man being born and another dying (76); a dying figure is given the last rites while an angel appears above his bed and a demon pulls his sheets (77); the persecution of Job (52); figures with a devil (73); the Virgin and Child surrounded by musician angels (72); parable of Lazarus and the rich man (74); a procession carrying a monstrance (75); St John writing his evangile (70). 1525, late impressions (?)
Metalcut with letterpress

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1525
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British Museum
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