Beul Der Nachrichter (titel op object), RP-P-OB-21.430(R), Jost Amman, 1573

Identification title(s): executioner. Der nachrichter (title on object). Object type: picture book illustration object number: rp-p-ob-21. 430(r). Catalog reference: new hollstein german (amman book illustrations) 1421. New hollstein german (amman book illustrations) 2713. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 240. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: jost amman, publisher: sigmund feyerabend. Place of manufacture: printmaker: nuremberg, publisher: frankfurt am main. Date: 1573. Physical features: woodcut; printed from two blocks. Material: paper technique: woodcut. Dimensions: image: h 142 mm (ornamental edge) × w 135 mm (ornamental edge) × h 115 mm (depiction) × w 100 mm (depiction) explanation both the depiction and the ornamental edge were used for various editions of leonhardt fronsperger's kriegsbuch. Subject: what: executioner, hangman. Acquisition: transfer of management 1816. Date: 1573.