From: Decretum Gratiani, Basle, Johann Amerbach, Hendric Petri and Johann Froben, 1512.

Literature:     Lüthi 12.

                    Hollstein 264.

                    Bock 35.

                    Hieronymus 103.

                    Bartrum, German Renaissance Prints, 1995, 212.

                    Chr. Müller, Urs Graf , 2002, p. 343, 57.  

This fine woodcut by Urs Graf shows the presentation of the Liber Extra by Raimund of Peñafort to Pope Gregory IX. The woodcut was used in the Decretals of Gratian printed in Basle 1512.

Recto: Basilisk Supporting the Arms of the City of Basel 1511

Master DS (Daniel Schwegler?) *active Basel 1503-1515

On the recto we find one of the most impressive woodcuts of Master DS. The cut served as printer’s mark for the Basel firm of Johann Amerbach, Johann Froben and Johann Petri and first appeared in books printed 1511.