Identification title(s): john the evangelist devours the book. Object type: print object number: rp-p-ob-1387. Catalog reference: bartsch 70. Meder 172-1498 urausgabe, lateinish. Description: an angel shrouded in a cloud, with a radiant face and legs like burning pillars, appears to john and gives him a book, which he immediately begins to eat. On the verso, latin bible text in gothic script in two columns. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: albrecht dürer (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: nuremberg. Date: 1498. Physical features: woodcut and letterpress. Material: paper technique: woodcut / letterpress. Dimensions: image: h 392 mm × w 286 mmexplanationillustration in a latin edition of the bible book of revelation. Klinkert, c. Subject: what: john takes the little book from the angel and eats it. Acquisition: unknown. Date: 1498.
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