Home > Discover > Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection
Still image

Historiated title page of Moriae encomium : nunc postremum ab ipso autore religiose recognitu[m] una cum alijs aliquot libellis, no[n] minus eruditis quam amoenis, quorum omniu[m] titulos proxima pagella loquetur

Summary Full Metadata

A historiated woodcut border of the title page of Moriae encomium : nunc postremum ab ipso autore religiose recognitu[m] una cum alijs aliquot libellis, no[n] minus eruditis quam amoenis, quorum omniu[m] titulos proxima pagella loquetur. The border features the personifications of several deadly sins and cardinal virtues, including Pride, Greed, Justice, Prudence, and Hope. At the bottom of the border, the personified Fortuna rides a horse as a skeleton shoots a man with an arrow.

Date Issued or Published
1522
Subject - Topic/Names
Deadly sins
Deadly sins in art
Cardinal virtues
Virtues
Pride and vanity
Acarice
Subject - Time Period
Sixteenth century
Collections
Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection
Download
Download item
Download Metadata
License
The online edition of this work in the public domain, i.e. not protected by copyright, has been produced by Pitts Theology Library.
Copyright status
NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
yellow checkmark Free
to use
Primary Repository ID
P_00001528875_P003
System of Record ID
00001528875
Title
Historiated title page of Moriae encomium : nunc postremum ab ipso autore religiose recognitu[m] una cum alijs aliquot libellis, no[n] minus eruditis quam amoenis, quorum omniu[m] titulos proxima pagella loquetur
Date Issued or Published
1522
Description
A historiated woodcut border of the title page of Moriae encomium : nunc postremum ab ipso autore religiose recognitu[m] una cum alijs aliquot libellis, no[n] minus eruditis quam amoenis, quorum omniu[m] titulos proxima pagella loquetur. The border features the personifications of several deadly sins and cardinal virtues, including Pride, Greed, Justice, Prudence, and Hope. At the bottom of the border, the personified Fortuna rides a horse as a skeleton shoots a man with an arrow.
Publisher
Froben, Johann, 1460?-1527
Place of Publication
Basel (Switzerland)
Contributor
Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
Synesius, of Cyrene, Bishop of Ptolemais
Listrius, Gerardus
Dorpius, Martinus, 1485-1525
Rhenanus, Beatus, 1485-1547
Phreas, John, -1465
Primary Language
Latin
Subject - Topic/Names
Deadly sins
Deadly sins in art
Cardinal virtues
Virtues
Pride and vanity
Acarice
Subject - Time Period
Sixteenth century
Extent/Dimensions
19 cm (approx.)
Content Type
Still image
Content Genre
woodcuts (prints)
Related Material
This work is a part of the Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection.
Source
P_000015281875
Moriae encomium : nunc postremum ab ipso autore religiose recognitu[m] una cum alijs aliquot libellis, no[n] minus eruditis quam amoenis, quorum omniu[m] titulos proxima pagella loquetur (Library Search)
Local Call Number
1522 ERAS
Rights Statement
The online edition of this work in the public domain, i.e. not protected by copyright, has been produced by Pitts Theology Library.
NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
Institution
Emory University
Holding Repository
Pitts Theology Library
Sort Date
1522
Close