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<dl><dd>Edited by Jakob Wimpheling</dd>
<dd>Imprint from colophon (C3)</dd>
<dd>Signatures: 2Áœ 2B́þ a-ḱœ A-B́œ Ćþ</dd>
<dd>The final leaf (C4) is blank</dd>
<dd>Illustrations (pattern or figure poems) are in red and black, sometimes complete woodcuts, sometimes woodcut with letterpress. Various poetic texts can be derived from the resulting configurations. Explanatory text and a transcript of the poem compliments each illustration</dd>
<dd>Text rubricated</dd>
<dd>Includes index</dd>
<dd>VD16</dd>
<dd>Adams</dd>
<dd>Murray, C.F. German books</dd>
<dd>Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound in early vellum manuscript waste rubricated in blue and red and showing, in part, the text of Psalm 144. A slip of paper with an engraved cartouche is laid onto the verso of the first leaf. The puzzles in which figures are depicted are colored in an early hand. Housed with a dealer's description in a cloth preservation box</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Jesus Christ; Holy Cross; Crosses; Crosses in art; Christian art and symbolism</div>
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<dl><dd>Rabanus Maurus, Archbishop of Mainz, 784?-856</dd>
<dd>Wimpheling, Jakob, 1450-1528, editor</dd>
<dd>Anshelm, Thomas, printer</dd></dl></div>
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