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The Eighth Commandment

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A woodcut depicting a trial with a judge, a woman kneeling (the accused), and a man delivering a (presumably false) witness statement, representing a violation of the Eighth Commandment (in the Lutheran tradition), "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor."

Date Issued or Published
1520
Subject - Topic/Names
Ten commandments
Sin
False testimony
Law
Justice
Trials
Subject - Time Period
Sixteenth century
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Title
The Eighth Commandment
Date Issued or Published
1520
Description
A woodcut depicting a trial with a judge, a woman kneeling (the accused), and a man delivering a (presumably false) witness statement, representing a violation of the Eighth Commandment (in the Lutheran tradition), "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor."
Publisher
Petri, Adam, 1454-1535
Place of Publication
Basel (Switzerland)
Contributor
Luther, Martin, 1483-1546
Subject - Topic/Names
Ten commandments
Sin
False testimony
Law
Justice
Trials
Subject - Time Period
Sixteenth century
Keyword(s)
Exodus 20
Deuteronomy 5
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1 image
Content Type
Still image
Content Genre
woodcuts (prints)
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This work is part of the Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection.
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Local Call Number
1520 LUTH GGG
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
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Pitts Theology Library
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