Identification title(s): gnaius naevius. Neuius poeta comicus (title on object). Liber chronicarum (series title). Object type: picture book illustration album page object number: rp-p-2016-49-21-14. Inscriptions / brands: inscription, top right, written with pen: '208'. Description: a flower calyx with a man in a hat, his hands crossed. The text identifies him as the poet naevius. The print is part of an album. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: michel wolgemut (studio of), printmaker: wilhelm pleydenwurff (studio of). Place of manufacture: nuremberg. Dating: 1493. Physical features: woodcut pasted on album page; letterpress text; verso with letterpress text. Material: paper technique: letterpress / woodcut / pasting. Dimensions: print: h 55 mm × w 54 mm explanation the woodcut is used as a book illustration in the liber chronicarum (or nuremberg chronicle) by hartmann schedel, published in latin and german in 1493. See the latin edition, folio 84v. Subject: what: male figures from classical history writer, poet, author. Who: gnaius naevius. Acquisition: unknown 1874. Date: 1493.
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