Caption
Murder of Simon of Trent, Liber Chronicarum, print, album page, book illustration, The ritual murder of the child Simon of Trent. The image is part of the Liber Chronicarum. The text of this book describes how Simon was killed by a group of Jews because of his Christian blood. The boy stands on a table and is surrounded by Gruneta, Israel, Samuel, Mayir (Meyer), Seligman, Tobias, Moses, and Angelus. Moses cuts off the boy's genitals. Others cut him in his chest and arm to collect his blood., printmaker: workshop of Michel Wolgemut, Nuremberg, printmaker: workshop of Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, 1493, Michel Wolgemut, Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, printmaker, Bavaria, paper, letterpress printing, woodcut, pastes, woodcut pasted onto album page, verso with woodcut and text in letterpress, height 194 mm x width 227 mm, The woodcut is used as a book illustration in the Liber Chronicarum (or Nuremberg Chronicle) by Hartmann Schedel, published in Latin and German in 1493. See the German and Latin edition, folio 254v., violent death, maltreatment, torture, A black and white woodcut scene shows a group of robed figures crowded around a central raised figure being held upright above a table, the central figure appearing naked from the waist up with arms outstretched and a distressed facial expression, while surrounding figures wear varied headgear including hats and hoods and display different facial expressions; one figure at the right stands by a tall window with a patterned lattice, another at the far left stands near a rounded arched window, several figures reach toward the central figure with hands and instruments, a seated figure at the table holds a shallow dish toward the central figure, and folded garments and drapery lie beneath the table on a floor made of horizontal planks, all set against a background filled with horizontal line shading.
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