1. [The Martyrdom of Simon of Trent]. Incunable leaf from Hartmann Schedel's Weltchronik (the Nuremberg Chronicle). Nuremberg, 1493. German.
The leaf contains a large woodcut depicting Jews apparently torturing to death the child Simon of Trent (the names of the Jews appear on the illustration)

On 23rd March 1475, a Christian child named Simon, two and half years old, disappeared from his home in Trent, North Italy; three days later, on the eve of Good Friday (anniversary of Christ's crucifixion), his body was found near the home (or cellar or well) of a local Jew, a moneylender named Samuel. After the body was found, the bishop declared that the entire Trent Jewish community, including several converts to Christianity, as guilty of the child's murder. The entire Jewish community was arrested, tortured, and some were burned at the stake or beheaded. Simon was declared as saint by the Pope, and his memory was commemorated annually in March, until his status as a saint was cancelled in 1965. Three additional woodcuts on the verso: a comet; Christian King of Denmark, Sweden and Norway; and Hercules Duke of Ferrara.
[1] leaf. 42.5 cm. Good condition.

2. Rabini, Schemhamphoras [Rabbi, Shem HaMeforash]. Woodcut depicting the Judensau (Jew's Sow), presumably by Jakob Lederlein. Cut from a larger leaf, presumably from the book Lectionum memorabilium et reconditarum centenarii XVI by Johan Wolf (printed in Germany, Lauingen, 1600). Approx. 10.5X7 cm. Fair–good condition.

3. Diese Abbildung stehet zu Frankfurt am Maijn am Bruecken Thurm abgemahlt / A 1475, am Gruenen Donnerstag ward das Kindlein Simeo 2 half Jahr alt von den Juden umgebracht [this image appears on the bridge of Frankfurt am Main / in 1475, on Holy Thursday, the two and half year–old child Simon of Trent was murdered by the Jews]. [Germany, 18th century?]. Antisemitic engraving depicting the Judensau. At the top of the leaf, the stabbed body of Simon of Trent, who was libelously claimed to have been murdered by the Jews (see above, no. 1). 17.5 cm. Good condition.

Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, 062.011.001, 062.011.002, 062.011.003.