Urs Graf 1485-1528) / Hans Schauffelein (1480-1538)

De Voragine 1502 - Maria Magdalena / Description: Post-incunabula leaf with beautiful old hand coloured woodcut showing Saint Magdalen washing the feet of Christ with her hair. From the 'Golden Legend'. Collection of the Lives of Saints by Jacobus de Voragine (1228-1298).Edition by J.Grüniger, Strasburg 1502. The page layout is closely related to the German edition of 1488 by Anton Koberger, see last image (for information only).The woodcuts are assigned to Urs Graff and Hans Schauffelein. Beautiful early edition with all the details. A post-incunabula = Is a text printed in the period between 1500 and 1540. In their external form, the post-incunabula still follow the conventions of handwritten books to a greater or lesser extent (codex). Measurements of the woodcut: 9 by 15 cm. / Dimensions: 27,50 x 18,50 cm Very good / Literature: Adams V 1014. - Borchling-Clausen 497.