Table of contents : Contents Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Biblia Pauperum: name and nature The manuscript ancestors and the format The texts Typology Typology in this book: the thought-pattern of the page The purpose of the original book The purpose of this edition The facsimile Woodcuts Schreiber’s editions and some editorial difficulties Transcript Translation The blockbook context The designer and his designs The influence of the forty-page blockbook Biblia Pauperum on art and literature Notes to Introduction BIBLIA PAUPERUM Notes to Commentary Transcription of Latin Text Bibliography Primary Sources Secondary Sources Appendices A. Extant Impressions of Schreiber Edition I B. The Prophets’ Hats