Title vignette repeating the seventh in a series of woodcut illustrations representing one of the ten ages of human life. Used by Hans Schobser of Munich
Title vignette, repeating number 7 in a series of 10 illustrations in which a hermit ("Der Ainsydel" [i.e. Einsiedler]) with crucifix (and sometimes beads) speaks to a figure representing one of the ten ages of human life, accompanied by an animal symbolic of that age. In this illustration we see a man of seventy years carrying a stick and accompanied by a dog (symbolizing reflection on past glories, perhaps in conjunction with the sun above).
For a brief overview of this trope, see J.W. Jones, "Observations on the Origin of the Division of Man's Life into Stages," in Archaeologia 35 (1853), p. 167-189, especially p. 177-182.
Woodcut illustration used by Hans Schobser of Munich.
Established heading: Schobser, Hans, ‡d d. 1530
Penn Libraries call number: GC5 G2733 516z
Title vignette repeating the seventh in a series of woodcut illustrations representing one of the ten ages of human life. Used by Hans Schobser of Munich
Title vignette, repeating number 7 in a series of 10 illustrations in which a hermit ("Der Ainsydel" [i.e. Einsiedler]) with crucifix (and sometimes beads) speaks to a figure representing one of the ten ages of human life, accompanied by an animal symbolic of that age. In this illustration we see a man of seventy years carrying a stick and accompanied by a dog (symbolizing reflection on past glories, perhaps in conjunction with the sun above).
For a brief overview of this trope, see J.W. Jones, "Observations on the Origin of the Division of Man's Life into Stages," in Archaeologia 35 (1853), p. 167-189, especially p. 177-182.
Woodcut illustration used by Hans Schobser of Munich.
Established heading: Schobser, Hans, ‡d d. 1530
Penn Libraries call number: GC5 G2733 516z