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Artist
Markus Ayrer
Description

Woodcut from the title page of a 1499 pamphlet published by Markus Ayrer in Nuremberg. It depicts Vlad III "the Impaler" (identified as Dracole wyade = Draculea voivode) dining among the impaled corpses of his victims. Original caption:

Hie facht sich an ein graussemliche erschrockenliche hystorien von dem wilden wütrich Dracole wayde. Wie er die leut gespist hat, und gepraten, und mit den haubtern in in einem kessel gesoten, und wie er die leut geschunden hat und zerhacken lassen als ein kraut. Item er hat auch den mütern ire kind gepraten und sy haben müssen selber essen. Und vil andere erschrockenliche ding die in dissem Tractat geschriben stend. Und in welchem land er geregiret hat.
Date 1499
date QS:P571,+1499-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Other versions File:Vlad Tepes - Blatt 3.jpg

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current09:21, 11 September 2011Thumbnail for version as of 09:21, 11 September 2011398 × 400 (185 KB)Dbachmann better resolution
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