(NUREMBERG CHRONICLE)
The Martyrdom of Simon of Trent. Hand-colored woodcut by Michael Wohlgemuth and Hanns ...

(NUREMBERG CHRONICLE)
The Martyrdom of Simon of Trent. Hand-colored woodcut by Michael Wohlgemuth and Hanns Pleydenwurff from Hartmann Schedel’s Nuremberg Chronicle.



Tipped to mat. 11 x 14 inches (28 x 40.5 cm).
Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, 1493:
The Blood Libel allegations of 1475 relating to the Christian infant named Simon, led to the extermination of the Jewish community of Trent. Simon was later beatified. See EJ, Vol XV cols. 1374-75.
The Blood Libel allegations of 1475 relating to the Christian infant named Simon, led to the extermination of the Jewish community of Trent. Simon was later beatified. See EJ, Vol XV cols. 1374-75.