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Pope Leo X's Coat of Arms

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A woodcut of Pope Leo X's coat of arms, appearing on the title page of the official papal bull excommunicating Martin Luther. The coat of arms features the crossed keys to the kingdom of Heaven and the Papal crown, the traditional symbols of the Papacy, and the coat of arms of the Medici family, to which Pope Leo X belonged.

Date Issued or Published
1520
Subject - Topic/Names
Devices (Heraldry)
Popes
Papacy
Bulls, Papal
Crowns
Leo X, Pope, 1475-1521
Subject - Time Period
Sixteenth century
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Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection
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P_300000158801_P005
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Title
Pope Leo X's Coat of Arms
Date Issued or Published
1520
Description
A woodcut of Pope Leo X's coat of arms, appearing on the title page of the official papal bull excommunicating Martin Luther. The coat of arms features the crossed keys to the kingdom of Heaven and the Papal crown, the traditional symbols of the Papacy, and the coat of arms of the Medici family, to which Pope Leo X belonged.
Publisher
Schott, Johann, 1477-1548
Place of Publication
Strassburg (Germany)
Primary Language
Latin
Subject - Topic/Names
Devices (Heraldry)
Popes
Papacy
Bulls, Papal
Crowns
Leo X, Pope, 1475-1521
Subject - Time Period
Sixteenth century
Extent/Dimensions
20 cm (approx.)
Content Type
Still image
Content Genre
woodcuts (prints)
coats of arms
Format
Quarto
Related Material
This work is part of the Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection.
Source
Bvlla decimi Leonis, contra errores Martini Lutheri, & sequacium
Local Call Number
1520 CATH B
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
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1520
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