Avril Henry
Ashgate
Hardback
178
1987
The Biblia Pauperum neither a bible nor a book for the poor as its title suggests is a medieval picture book that pairs Old and New Testament scenes as a way of showing that events in the past were divinely intended to foreshadow the future. It is a blockbook printed in its entirety - text and pictures - from woodblocks. This version of the Biblia Pauperum commonly regarded as the most beautiful dates from around 1460 and was widely distributed throughout German and French speaking Europe.
Ashgate
Hardback
178
1987
The Biblia Pauperum neither a bible nor a book for the poor as its title suggests is a medieval picture book that pairs Old and New Testament scenes as a way of showing that events in the past were divinely intended to foreshadow the future. It is a blockbook printed in its entirety - text and pictures - from woodblocks. This version of the Biblia Pauperum commonly regarded as the most beautiful dates from around 1460 and was widely distributed throughout German and French speaking Europe.