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Der Zehen Gebot ein nützliche Erklärung

Decem praecepta Wittenbergensi praedicata populo
Luther, Martin, 1483-1546
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This is a 1523 printing of Martin Luther's popular sermon on the Ten Commandments and the Seven Deadly Sins, first printed in 1520 and reprinted numerous times. The work was originally composed in Latin and was translated into German by the cartographer and Christian Hebraist Sebastian Münster.Signatures: pi⁶ a-f⁴ g⁶ h-z⁴ A-D⁴.Printer from VD 16, place of publication from colophon.Translated from Latin into German by Sebastian Münster. Cf. Benzing.Title within ornamental woodcut border by Hans Holbein depicting the story of Pelops at the banquet of Tantalus. Each commandment is illustrated by a woodcut image attributed to Urs Graf. There are also 15 large historiated woodcut initials.Pitts Theology Library copy is lacking leaves xxvii and xxviii (g3 and g4).

Date Created
1523
Subject - Topic/Names
Reformation
Sources
Deadly sins
Sermons
Early works to 1800
Sermons, German
Ten commandments
Subject - Time Period
Sixteenth century
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Title
Der Zehen Gebot ein nützliche Erklärung
Alternative Title
Decem praecepta Wittenbergensi praedicata populo
Date Created
1523
Description
This is a 1523 printing of Martin Luther's popular sermon on the Ten Commandments and the Seven Deadly Sins, first printed in 1520 and reprinted numerous times. The work was originally composed in Latin and was translated into German by the cartographer and Christian Hebraist Sebastian Münster.
Signatures: pi⁶ a-f⁴ g⁶ h-z⁴ A-D⁴.
Printer from VD 16, place of publication from colophon.
Translated from Latin into German by Sebastian Münster. Cf. Benzing.
Title within ornamental woodcut border by Hans Holbein depicting the story of Pelops at the banquet of Tantalus. Each commandment is illustrated by a woodcut image attributed to Urs Graf. There are also 15 large historiated woodcut initials.
Pitts Theology Library copy is lacking leaves xxvii and xxviii (g3 and g4).
Creator
Luther, Martin, 1483-1546
Publisher
Curio, Valentinus, -1532
Contributor
Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552
Primary Language
German
Subject - Topic/Names
Reformation
Sources
Deadly sins
Sermons
Early works to 1800
Sermons, German
Ten commandments
Subject - Time Period
Sixteenth century
Extent/Dimensions
6 unnumbered leaves, cx leaves
21 cm
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Text
Content Genre
books
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1523 LUTH HHHHH:1
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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
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