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Historiated title page to Luther's Resolutiones Lutherianae super propositionibus suis Lipsiae disputatis

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A woodcut border on the title page of Luther's Resolutiones Lutherianae super propositionibus suis Lipsiae disputatis printed in 1519. The border depicts a fox chasing a bird (bottom), three boars (one holding a sword, one stirring a pot, and one wearing a crown and holding a scepter; right), a man with a comb (?) (top), and two men (one with a bucket and the other working a printing press; left).

Date Issued or Published
1519
Subject - Topic/Names
Decoration and ornament
Birds
Foxes
Boars
Crowns
Printers
Printing
Printing presses
Swords
Subject - Time Period
Sixteenth century
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Title
Historiated title page to Luther's Resolutiones Lutherianae super propositionibus suis Lipsiae disputatis
Date Issued or Published
1519
Description
A woodcut border on the title page of Luther's Resolutiones Lutherianae super propositionibus suis Lipsiae disputatis printed in 1519. The border depicts a fox chasing a bird (bottom), three boars (one holding a sword, one stirring a pot, and one wearing a crown and holding a scepter; right), a man with a comb (?) (top), and two men (one with a bucket and the other working a printing press; left).
Publisher
Schöffer, Johann, approximately 1468-1531
Place of Publication
Mainz (Germany)
Contributor
Luther, Martin, 1483-1546
Primary Language
Latin
Subject - Topic/Names
Decoration and ornament
Birds
Foxes
Boars
Crowns
Printers
Printing
Printing presses
Swords
Subject - Time Period
Sixteenth century
Extent/Dimensions
20 cm (approx.)
Content Type
Still image
Content Genre
woodcuts (prints)
Format
Quarto
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This work is a part of the Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection.
Source
Resolutiones Lutherianae super propositionibus suis Lipsiae disputatis
Local Call Number
1519 LUTH AAA
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
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Emory University
Holding Repository
Pitts Theology Library
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1519
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