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A Pope Installing a Bishop from Speculu humane vite (Mirror of Human Life), Plate 7 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century

1488, portfolio assembled 1929
Woodcut and letterpress in black (recto and verso) on cream laid paper, tipped onto cream wove paper mat
7.7 × 11.3 cm (3 × 4.4 in)

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