Das Geschriebene Gesetz (The Written Law), from Die Siebenhardenbeliebung series
Hans Grohs (German, 1892–1981)
Details
Title
Das Geschriebene Gesetz (The Written Law), from Die Siebenhardenbeliebung series
Artist/Maker
Hans Grohs (German, 1892–1981)
Date
1921–1922
Medium
Woodcut print
Dimensions
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Credit
Gift of Nelson Brackin
Accession #
2005.332.1
Location
Currently not on view
The Written Law The series title page reproduces the preamble to the legal document, naming its purpose and the participating parties. The text in old Norse German is transcribed from one of the earliest-known copies—dating to the end of the sixteenth century—of the original document, which has not survived. Grohs cast the text in an archaic-looking font that calls to mind old runic writing.
