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Historiated title page of Luther's Iudicium de votis

Cranach, Lucas, 1472-1553
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A woodcut border on the title page of Luther's Iudicium de votis printed in 1521. The border is done as a single woodcut depicting a monk (left), a nun (right), a Green Man of pagan and Christian lore (bottom), and a bowl of fruit (top). The intermediate spaces are filled with floral and plant decorative motifs.

Date Issued or Published
1521
Subject - Topic/Names
Decoration and ornament
Plants in art
Monks
Nuns
Fruit
Green Man (Tale)
Subject - Time Period
Sixteenth century
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Title
Historiated title page of Luther's Iudicium de votis
Date Issued or Published
1521
Description
A woodcut border on the title page of Luther's Iudicium de votis printed in 1521. The border is done as a single woodcut depicting a monk (left), a nun (right), a Green Man of pagan and Christian lore (bottom), and a bowl of fruit (top). The intermediate spaces are filled with floral and plant decorative motifs.
Creator
Cranach, Lucas, 1472-1553
Publisher
Lotter, Melchior, approximately 1490-
Place of Publication
Wittenberg (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)
Contributor
Luther, Martin, 1483-1546
Primary Language
Latin
Subject - Topic/Names
Decoration and ornament
Plants in art
Monks
Nuns
Fruit
Green Man (Tale)
Subject - Time Period
Sixteenth century
Extent/Dimensions
21 cm (approx.)
Content Type
Still image
Content Genre
woodcuts (prints)
Format
Quarto
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This work is part of the Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection.
Source
Iudicium Martini Lutheri de votis : scriptum ad episcopos & diaconos Vuittembergen[sis] ecclesiae
Local Call Number
1521 LUTH RRR
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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1521
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