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Calendar with the Nativity and Adoration

German 15th Century

National Gallery of Art

This is a page with intricate illustrations and German text. There are two woodcut-style illustrations at the top featuring religious imagery surrounded by symbolic elements. Below the illustrations, the page is filled with dense text in a Gothic typeface, with large ornate initial letters beginning paragraphs. The print has an antique aesthetic, suggesting its origins from an early modern text, likely related to religious or historical events.

Artwork Details

Date
1475
Medium
woodcut
Dimensions
3265 × 5126 px
Public Domain
Yes
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