Itinerarium seu peregrinatio Beate Virginis [et] Dei genitricis Marie

Reger, Johann, active 1486-1499, printer, Kurfürstliche Bibliothek (Bavaria, Germany), former owner, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) · 1490 · [Ulm, Johann Reger, 1490] · 25 pictures

This is a devotional incunable printed at Ulm in 1490 by Johann Reger, recounting the Virgin Mary's life and travels for lay readers in Germany. Its pictures are woodcut scenes stacked in framed panels, with robed figures, haloes and architectural settings drawn in bold black outlines, offering a designer simple, legible narrative blocks and strong graphic contrast.

Blessed virgin, saint · Devotional literature · Early works to 1800 · Germany · Incunabula · Mary · Prayers · Prayers and devotions · Ulm

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