Biblia Sacra - Illustration

General

Title	sphinx (lion/woman); 'Sfinge' (Ripa) (+ legs, wings, etc.), ornaments ~ art (+ framing decorations), ornament ~ hybrid beings; human and animal forms mixed, lion's head ~ ornament, scrollwork, strapwork ~ ornament, clock, letter combinations such as letterword, anagram, letter square, monogram, etc.
Type	Ornamental block
Sizes	66x63
Material	Woodcut
Colour	Black
Artist	Christoffel (2) van Sichem
Oldest appearance in Biblia Sacra	1657
Iconclass	31A45231(+3),48A98(+2),48A9823,48A9843,48A9861,23U24,49L16
DPD	1325
Iconclass description	sphinx (lion/woman); 'Sfinge' (Ripa) (+ legs, wings, etc.), ornaments ~ art (+ framing decorations), ornament ~ hybrid beings; human and animal forms mixed, lion's head ~ ornament, scrollwork, strapwork ~ ornament, clock, letter combinations such as letterword, anagram, letter square, monogram, etc.
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Appearances

Show scan: Amsterdam BVU XI.05043 (Numbers) vol.1 p.T4r
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Show scan: Amsterdam BVU XI.05043 (Judges) vol.1 p.Ee3v
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Show scan: Amsterdam BVU XI.05043 (3 Ezra) vol.1 p.Ggg4r
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Show scan: Amsterdam BVU XI.05043 (Psalms) vol.1 p.Sss1v
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Show scan: Amsterdam BVU XI.05043 (Psalms) vol.1 p.Aaaa1v
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Show scan: Amsterdam BVU XI.05043 (Matthew) vol.2 p.G1r
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Scan: Amsterdam BVU XI.05043 (Ezekiel) vol.1 p.Bbbbb4v
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Scan: Amsterdam BVU XI.05043 (II Chronicles) vol.1 p.Ccc3r
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Scan: Amsterdam BVU XI.05043 (Proverbs) vol.1 p.Cccc3r
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Scan: Amsterdam BVU XI.05043 (Hosea) vol.1 p.Eeeee3r
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Scan: Amsterdam BVU XI.05043 (Nahum) vol.1 p.Ggggg3v
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Scan: Amsterdam BVU XI.05043 (II Maccabees) vol.1 p.Ooooo3r
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Scan: Amsterdam BVU XI.05043 (Lamentations) vol.1 p.Vvvv2v
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Scan: Amsterdam BVU XI.05043 (II Corinthians) vol.2 p.Gg2v
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Scan: Amsterdam BVU XI.05043 (Galatians) vol.2 p.Gg6v
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Scan: Amsterdam BVU XI.05043 (Collossians) vol.2 p.Ii2v
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Scan: Amsterdam BVU XI.05043 (Hebrews) vol.2 p.Mm3r
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Scan: Amsterdam BVU XI.05043 (II John) vol.2 p.Oo3r
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Scan: Utrecht UB MAZ 2176 (II Chronicles) vol.1 p.Ccc3r
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Scan: Utrecht UB MAZ 2176 (Judges) vol.1 p.Ee3v
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Scan: Utrecht UB MAZ 2176 (3 Ezra) vol.1 p.Ggg4r
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Scan: Utrecht UB MAZ 2176 (Psalms) vol.1 p.Sss1v
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Scan: Utrecht UB MAZ 2176 (Numbers) vol.1 p.T4r
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Scan: Utrecht UB MAZ 2176 (Matthew) vol.2 p.G1r
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Scan: Utrecht UB MAZ 2176 (II Corinthians) vol.2 p.Gg2v
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Scan: Utrecht UB MAZ 2176 (Galatians) vol.2 p.Gg6v
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Scan: Utrecht UB MAZ 2176 (Collossians) vol.2 p.Ii2v
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Scan: Utrecht UB MAZ 2176 (Hebrews) vol.2 p.Mm3r
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Scan: Utrecht UB MAZ 2176 (II John) vol.2 p.Oo3r
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References

Literature references

Lehmann-Haupt, Hellmut 1977 Chapter 2 An Introduction to the Woodcuts of the Seventeenth Century, with a discussion of the German woodcut Broadsides of the Seventeenth Century (by Ingeborg Lehmann-Haupt), New York

Huisstede, P. van and J.P.J. Brandhorst 1999 device of Jan Zachariasz Baron, no. 1325, vol. 1, p. 143 Dutch Printer's Devices 15th - 17th Century. Nieuwkoop

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