A woodcut portrait of Pope Sergius I, made for Hartmann Schedel's Liber Chronicarum, the Nuremberg Chronicle, printed in 1493. Sergius I is remembered for refusing the Quinisext Council's canons, for introducing the Agnus Dei into the Mass, and for baptizing the Anglo-Saxon king Caedwalla of Wessex. Held today by the Rijksmuseum.
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Object TypePrint (Engraving, Etching, Woodcut or Lithograph) 1 Physical Form
MediumWoodcut, Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493, Rijksmuseum 1 Medium (class) Connections
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This source names Anglo-Saxons directly: "A woodcut portrait of Pope Sergius I, made for Hartmann Schedel's Liber Chronicarum, the Nuremberg Chronicle, printed in 1493."
Source Paus Sergius I, Rijksmuseum (atelier of Michel Wolgemut, 1493)
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Source Paus Sergius I, Rijksmuseum (atelier of Michel Wolgemut, 1493)
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The Rijksmuseum's own inscribed title names Pope Sergius I as the subject of this Nuremberg Chronicle woodcut.
Source Paus Sergius I, Rijksmuseum (atelier of Michel Wolgemut, 1493)
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1. Paus Sergius I, Rijksmuseum (atelier of Michel Wolgemut, 1493)
Rijksmuseum- Rijksmuseum RP-P-2016-49-62-7
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A woodcut portrait of Pope Sergius I, made for Hartmann Schedel's Liber Chronicarum, the Nuremberg Chronicle, printed in 1493.
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