Still image
Historiated title page of De Biblie
Altdorfer, Erhard, approximately 1480-approximately 1570
The title page of Martin Luther's Low German translation of the Bible featuring a collection of biblical scenes and symbols based on Lucas Cranach the Elder's painting, "Law and Gospel" (or "Sin and Redemption"). On the left of the image are scenes representing Law/Sin, including: a dead tree, Moses receiving the Ten Commandments, Adam and Eve, the brazen serpent, and a corpse lying atop a tomb. On the right of the image are scenes representing Gospel/Redemption, including: a flourishing tree, the Annunciation, the angel appearing to the sheperds, the Crucifixion, and the Resurrection.
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The online edition of this book in the public domain, i.e., not protected by copyright, has been produced by Pitts Theology Library.
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