Eyn gar loblich ... Cronica sagend von eynem heyligen Kunig mit Namen Josaphat, wie der ward bekeret von eynem heyligen Vatter vnnd Aynsideln genant Barlaam
This incunabulum was printed by Günther Zainer in Augsburg around 1476 and tells the legend of Saint Josaphat and the hermit Barlaam, a Christianized version of the Buddha story, for a German-reading audience. Its woodcut pictures show crowded city scenes, robed figures, and captioned banners in a plain, dense black-line style that a designer could use for medieval narrative compositions, framed panels, and blackletter-and-image page layouts.
