Text-border with king david playing his harp and dancing in front of the arc of the covenant; at bottom, with his wife michal looking on at l; at left various musicians; at top the lamb of god flanked by moses and david on one side, and christ as the man of sorrows on the other; the evangelists at right; first used for bugenhagen's 'in librum psalmorum interpretatio' (basel: petri, 1524); on verso a map of asia with elephant (by holbein?); illustrations to ptolemy, 'geographia universalis', basel: heinrich petri. 1545
metalcut, woodcut and letterpress. Date: 1524. Dimensions: Height: 72 mm (Opening); Height: 171 mm (Outer border); Height: 250 mm (map); Height: 300 mm (sheet); Width: 111 mm; Width: 197 mm; Width: 340 mm; Width: 49 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Jesus Christ. Collection: British Museum. Print, title-page, map (BM 1865,0114.998 1)
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