[Early German illustrated incunable page]
Collection:CSM Museum & Study Collection
Date: c.1475 - 1493
Maker: Anton Sorg
Dimensions:
Image: 126 x 90 mm (12.6 x 9 cm)
Sheet: 294 x 204 mm (29.4 x 20.4 cm)
Medium: Black printing ink and pigment on laid paper
Object number: P.100.1
Description35 Lines of type on the verso, printed in Gothic Fraktur. Page number 'CXVIII (blat)' on recto, verso page number same. The type on the recto is broken up by a woodcut illustration. Unsophisticated Germanic style, hand coloured. The rendering of the human form is very similar to late German Illuminated manuscripts. Scene depicts a throned King receiving a woman. Hand coloured in red, black, yellow, green and a thin pink/flesh colour.
