'Heidelberger Bilderkatechismus' (Handschrift) ; Biblia pauperum (Blockbuch) ; Totentanz (Blockbuch) u.a.
This is a fifteenth-century German manuscript compilation from Heidelberg University Library, dated 1455, combining a picture catechism with block books such as the Biblia pauperum and a Totentanz for lay readers and preachers. Its pages are built as framed picture fields with lettered scrolls and text columns beneath, and the figures are drawn in outline with flat, saturated colour. A designer might take the disciplined grid of medallion scenes, the rhythm of banners and speech scrolls, and the strong contrast between pale ground and bold red and green garments.
