HARTMANN SCHEDEL. Two folio leaves with Hand-colored woodcuts: The Burning of the Jews at Deggendorf. * The Martyrdom of Simon of Trent.
AUCTION 51 |
Thursday, June 23rd,
2011 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Graphic & Ceremonial Art Including: The Alfonso Cassuto Collection of Iberian Books, Part II
Lot 347
(NUREMBERG CHRONICLE).
HARTMANN SCHEDEL. Two folio leaves with Hand-colored woodcuts: The Burning of the Jews at Deggendorf. * The Martyrdom of Simon of Trent.
Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, 1493 :
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
PRICE REALIZED $1,000
In 1338, in the Bavarian city of Deggendorf, the Jews were accused of Host desecration, whereupon the enraged burghers entered the Jewish street and slaughtered all the inhabitants.
See EJ, Vol. V cols. 1459-60. In 1475, in Trent, Italy, a Christian infant named Simon disappeared and several local Jews were accused of ritual murder and subsequently burnt at the stake. Simon was later beatified. See EJ, Vol XV cols. 1374-75.