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Saint Conrad from Der Heiligen Leben, Winterteil (Lives of the Saints, Wintertime), Plate 40 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century

1487, portfolio assembled 1929
Woodcut in black with hand-colored additions, and letterpress in black with pen and blue ink additions (recto), and letterpress in black (verso), on cream laid paper, tipped onto cream wove paper mat
7 × 6.7 cm (2.8 × 2.6 in)

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