Biblia pauperum: A Facsimile and Edition 0859675424

The Biblia Pauperum, neither a bible nor a book for the poor as its title suggests, is a medieval picture book that pair

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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

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