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Saint Ciriaco from Heiligenleben (The Lives of Saints), Plate 12 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century

1497, portfolio assembled 1929
Woodcut in black with hand-colored additions, and letterpress in black (recto and verso), on cream laid paper, tipped onto cream wove paper mat
8.3 × 6 cm (3.3 × 2.4 in)

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