Schlesiens Vorzeit in Bild und Schrift
Schlesiens Vorzeit in Bild und Schrift is a periodical of Silesian antiquities published in Breslau in 1869 by the Schlesischer Altertumsverein and the Verein für das Museum Schlesischer Alterthümer, aimed at local historians and collectors. Its pictures are plates of woodcut-style and line illustrations of religious and historical objects: a textile panel with figures, a crucifixion roundel with a skull and kneeling donors, and a medieval inscribed arch with seated rulers. A designer could draw on their dense, symmetrical framing, border ornament, and circular medallion layouts.
