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Bouchot, Henri, 1849-1906, Bigmore, E. C. (Edward Clements), 1838?-1899, Grevel, H, Einsle, Anton, 1848-1897 · New York : Scribner and Welford · leaf 24
r 1423 popular figures werecut in wood, as we know from the St. Christopher of that datebelonging to Lord Spencer. It is not our task to discuss this question at length, nor todecide if at first these reliefs were obtained on wood or metal. The Block-Books. One thing is certain, that the single… … Fig. 3.-Xylographic Plate, cut in Flanders (1440), representing Jesus after the flagellation. century, and it was employed principally for popular works, thetaste for which was then universal. The engraving was pro-bably a kind of imposition, being palmed off as a manuscript ; thevignettes were…
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