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The Martyrdom of Saint Lucy from Heiligenleben, Sommerteil (Lives of the Saints, Summertime), Plate 20 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century

1488, portfolio assembled 1929
Woodcut in black with hand-colored additions, and letterpress in black with rubrication, (recto and verso), on cream laid paper, tipped onto cream wove paper mat
8.9 × 18.5 cm (3.5 × 7.3 in)

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