THE COLOGNE BIBLE 1478/1479 - Browsing Facsimile Editions (4K / UHD)

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The Cologne Bible of 1478/1479 is a significant work of the incunable period because it is the first Bible in Low German and its 123 woodcuts, primarily illustrating the five books of Moses and the Apocalypse, were reused or recut for subsequent Bibles as well as influencing artists such as Albrecht Dürer and Matthäus Merian. Although the work is an early print it is by no means primitive: Anton Koberger bought 109 of the woodcuts after having many of them masterfully colored and repeated the series in his High German Bible printed in Nuremberg in 1483. The image of Creation is considered to be one of the most beautiful woodcuts of any early printed Bible and presents the Ptolemaic, medieval world view of the cosmos in artistic glory. It is theorized that up to three unknown masters created the woodcuts, which are characterized by rich backgrounds in which secondary scenes are often embedded. Henry Quentell and Bartholomäus von Unckel are credited with printing the well adorned Bible in the “Zum Pallas” publishing house in Cologne.