Leggenda di Marta e Maddalena

Lazarus, of Bethany, Saint, Capcasa, Matteo, printer, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) · 1494 · Venice, Matteo Capcasa (Codeca), 13 Aug. 1494. · 11 pictures

This is an incunabulum legend of Saints Martha and Mary Magdalene printed in Venice by Matteo Capcasa on 13 August 1494, a devotional text in Italian for lay readers of the period. Its woodcut illustrations show biblical scenes such as the raising of Lazarus, the Crucifixion and a banquet, with simple outlined figures, hatched shading and boxed initials a designer could adapt for historical or religious graphics.

Bible · Early works to 1800 · Gospels · Incunabula · Italy · Legends · Martha · Mary magdalene · Saint · Venice

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