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Bible verses with Bernard Salomon Woodcuts

 Digital Image
Collection number: AFTB49
Bible verses with Bernard Salomon Woodcuts (Back)

Dates

  • circa 1550

Creator

Rights Statement Note

Educational

Physical Description Note

Two leaves of Bible Verses with wood cut illustrations: 1. Luke 2: Presentation of Jesus in the temple. 2. Matthew 1: Escape to Egypt. Woodcuts: Bernard Salomon. Printer: Jean de Tournes of Lyon. Bernard Salomon was known for his elegant style in woodcut illustartions and became very influential to French engravers of the period. He started working with Jean de Tournes in 1547. Jean de Tournes was Imprimeur du Roi, printer to the French King and founded a long-lasting family printing, publishing, and bookselling firm that established Lyon as a center of  French printing, second only to Paris.

Publisher Note

Publisher: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections

Contributor Note

Contributor: Andrew and Kathy Tatler-Burgess

Repository Details

Part of the Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Valdosta State University Archives, Odum Library
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