'The St. Christopher of 1423'. Creator: Unknown.

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'The St. Christopher of 1423'. The saint carries the Christ-child across a river, using a staff sprouting palm-fronds. The St Christopher Woodcut is the only surviving example of the first piece of European printing bearing a date. Print after a hand-coloured woodcut in the collection of the John Rylands Library, Manchester.

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Size: 3400px × 4842px
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Photo credit: © The Print Collector/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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