I) Ars et Modus Contemplativae Vitae

1473

Not on view

This rare book is one of the few from this period that mixes woodcut pages, like the one exhibited here, with text pages set with movable type, demonstrating that publishers such as Creussner produced block-printed books during the same period. The book exhorts the reader to take the Bible as model for a virtuous life.

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Title: I) Ars et Modus Contemplativae Vitae
Printer: Friedrich Creussner
Date: 1473
Medium: Woodcuts
Dimensions: Overall: 11 7/16 x 8 7/16 x 3/8 in. (29 x 21.5 x 1 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Bequest of James Clark McGuire, 1930
Object Number: 31.54.704
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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