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Reginonis monachi prvmiensis Annales : non tam de Avgvstorvm vitis, qvam aliorvm Germanorvm gestis et docte et compendiose disserentes, ante sexingentos fere annos editi

Regino, Abbot of Prüm, 840-915, Rotenhahn, Sebastian von, 1478-1532, Faber, Konrad, d. 1552 or 3 · 1521 · Mogvntiae : In aedibvs Ioannis Schoeffer · 3 pictures

This is a 1521 Latin chronicle printed at Mainz by Johann Schoeffer, edited by Sebastian von Rotenhahn and Konrad Faber from the medieval annals of Regino, Abbot of Prüm, and aimed at scholars of German history. Its pictures are woodcut title-page borders with small figured scenes, a bust portrait of Sebastian von Rotenhahn in profile with a richly patterned cloak, and a heraldic cockerel crest above a scrolled cartouche bearing the motto Nosce te ipsum, offering designers dense, finely hatched line work and framed ornamental layouts.

Holy Roman Empire -- History -- To 1517 -- Sources · Holy Roman Empire -- Kings and rulers -- Early works to 1800

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