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Leaf from Tboeck vanden leven Jhesu Christi (Latin: Vita Christi) by Ludolph of Saxony (d. 1378): “Of that message from the angel and how Mary received that blessing from God” [Ch. 5]; Imprint: Printed in Antwerp by Claes Leeu on November 20, 1488
Leaf from Tboeck vanden leven Jhesu Christi (Latin: Vita Christi) by Ludolph of Saxony (d. 1378): “Of that message from the angel and how Mary received that blessing from God” [Ch. 5]; Imprint: Printed in Antwerp by Claes Leeu on November 20, 1488

Leaf from Tboeck vanden leven Jhesu Christi (Latin: Vita Christi) by Ludolph of Saxony (d. 1378): “Of that message from the angel and how Mary received that blessing from God” [Ch. 5]; Imprint: Printed in Antwerp by Claes Leeu on November 20, 1488

Author Ludolph of Saxony German, 1295–1378
Printer Claes Leeu South Netherlandish, active circa 1484–1488
DateNovember 20, 1488
MediumInk on paper; hand-colored woodcut
Dimensions9 1/2 x 6 7/8 in. (24.1 x 17.5 cm)
ClassificationsBook Arts
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina
Object number62.1.1/4
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceFred Werther, Baltimore, Maryland, no. 530 (stamped in black ink on bottom left of recto); [Ferdinand Roten Galleries, 123 W. Mulberry St, Baltimore, Maryland]; purchased by NCMA on February 13, 1962.
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