The Wellby Collection

Miniature book

silver, silver-gilt; engraved

1512

3.8 cm height; 2.8 cm length

Date: 1512 (engraved on the first page)

Provenance: 

Place of Creation: Nuremberg

WA2013.1.27

Silver and silver-gilt book the covers engraved with folliage. Inside on silver leaves are engraved eighteen scenes mainly from the life of Christ. The book has two clasps and suspension rings top and bottom, as well as five fictive rivets on each side.

Literature: Heinrich Kohlhaussen, N

Bequeathed by Michael Wellby, 2012.

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