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=== Old master prints === [[File:Maestro di flemalle, forse robert campin, annunciazione, 01.JPG|thumb|right|200px|''Annunciation'' by Robert Campin; a [[Woodblock printing|wood print]] is in the top right, between candle fixtures.]] [[Old master print]]s, nearly all on religious subjects, served many of the same functions as holy cards, especially the cheaper [[woodcut]]s; the earliest dated surviving example is from 1423, probably from southern Germany, and depicts [[Saint Christopher]], with handcolouring, it is found as part of the binding of a manuscript of the ''Laus Virginis'' (1417) which belongs to the [[John Rylands Library]], Manchester.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rylibweb.man.ac.uk/specialcollections/collections/guide/atoz/incunabula/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100402010642/http://rylibweb.man.ac.uk/specialcollections/collections/guide/atoz/incunabula/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 April 2010 |title=Incunabula |work=Guide to Special Collections |publisher=John Rylands University Library |access-date=15 July 2010 }}</ref><ref>John Rylands Library (1969) ''Catalogue of an Exhibition of Manuscripts and Early Printing Originating in Germany''. Manchester: John Rylands Library; p. 15 (gives references to Dodgson: Woodcuts; 2 & Schreiber: Manuel; 1349)</ref> Later [[engraving]] or [[etching]] were more commonly used. Some had elaborate borders of paper [[lace]] surrounding the images; these were called ''dévotes dentelles'' in France. One use of such cards is illustrated in an early 15th-c painting of the Annunciation by [[Robert Campin]], which stages the event in a bourgeois home; above the fireplace, a print of Christopher carrying the Christ child is tacked to the wall, possibly as a more affordable alternative to a painting.<ref>{{cite book|title=Het hemels prentenboek: Devotie- en bidprentjes vanaf de 17e eeuw tot het begin van de 20e eeuw|publisher=Gooi en Sticht|first=J. A. J. M.|last=Verspaandonk|year=1975|location=Hilversum|pages=7–8}}</ref>
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