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Turris sapientiae; woodcut (single-leaf print)
Lost Art-ID
429723
Artist / Creator
Unknown (Deutsch (Schwaben))
Title
Turris sapientiae; woodcut (single-leaf print)
Dating
1460/1480
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Paper / printed (woodcut)
Height
39.40 cm
Width
24.80 cm
Inventory number
Heidelberg, UB, EBD 5
Description
Holzschnitt mit der darstellung des Turris sapientiae;
Provenance
Detached before 1907 from the back cover of the incunabulum Heidelberg, UB, Q 1523 Folio INC (provenance: Cistercian monastery of Salem). Destroyed by bombing or the effects of war or could no longer be found after 1945. During the nine-month occupation of Heidelberg University Library by the American army in 1945/1946, valuable library holdings were stolen several times. Eight of the 12 broadsheets and one manuscript stolen at the time were located in the USA in the 1960s and were subsequently returned to Heidelberg.
Literature / Source
Schreiber, Nr.1858; Sillib, Holz- und Metallschnitte, Nr.5 (Abb.; vgl. Externer Link)
Published since
Contact
Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg
Abt. Handschriften und Alte Drucke
Plöck 107-109
69117 Heidelberg
Germany
Phone
+49 (0) 6221 54 2380
Fax
+49 (0) 6221 54 2623
E-Mail
Homepage
Contact
Dr. Maria Effinger
Position
Abteilungsleiterin
Phone
+49 (0) 6221 54 3561
Contact
Dr. Karin Zimmermann
Position
Stellvertretende Abteilungsleiterin
Phone
+49 (0) 6221 54 2592
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