The Seven Sleepers from Der Heiligen Leben, Sommerteil (Lives of the Saints, Summertime), Plate 39 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century, 1487, portfolio assembled 1929, Unknown Artist (Magdeburg, late 15th century), printed and published by Simon Koch, called Mentzer (German, active 1486–1503), original text by Jacobus de Voragine (Italian, c. 1230–1298), portfolio text by Wilhelm Ludwig Schreiber (German, 1855–1932), Germany, Woodcut in black with hand-colored additions, and letterpress in black with pen and blue and black ink additions (recto), and letterpress in black (verso), on cr

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