Byblis in a stream Byblis changed to frontem (title object) Byblis was in love with her brother Caunus . Then he disappeared and she could not find him bathed Byblis in tears and she turned into a beek. Manufacturer : printmaker: Virgil Solis Publisher: Georg Rabuitgever Sigmund Feyerabenduitgever: inherit Weigand HanPlaats manufacture: printmaker: Nürnberg Publisher: Frankfurt am Main Publisher: Frankfurt am Main Publisher: Frankfurt am Main Date: 1569 Physical features: woodcut; text in the letterpress on recto and verso material: paper Technique: wood block dimensions: image: h 60 mm (diagr

Byblis in a stream Byblis changed to frontem (title object) Byblis was in love with her brother Caunus . Then he disappeared and she could not find him bathed Byblis in tears and she turned into a beek. Manufacturer : printmaker: Virgil Solis Publisher: Georg Rabuitgever Sigmund Feyerabenduitgever: inherit Weigand HanPlaats manufacture: printmaker: Nürnberg Publisher: Frankfurt am Main Publisher: Frankfurt am Main Publisher: Frankfurt am Main Date: 1569 Physical features: woodcut; text in the letterpress on recto and verso material: paper Technique: wood block dimensions: image: h 60 mm (diagram) × b 80 mm (diagram) × H 100 mm (ornament edge) × W 130 mm (ornament edge) Surface: H 150 mm × W 183 mmToelichtingIllustratie in Ovid's Metamorphoses, coming from the publication: Posthius, John. Tetrasticha in Ovidii metam. Frankfurt am Main: Georg Rab and Sigmund Feyerabend and inherit Weigand Han, 1569. The performances and ornament borders of these book illustrations were printed on two separate blocks. Both were separately used each other publications, and the ornament borders were also gebruikt. Subject several times in this publication: scrollwork, strap work ~ ornamentByblis changed into a fountain: after looking for Caunus everywhere, Byblis at last lies down, bathed in tears , and is changed into a fountain (Ovid, Metamorphoses IX 663)

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