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Historiated title page of Luther's De votis monasticis

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A woodcut border on the title page of Luther's Uon Menschenn Lere zu meyden printed in 1522. The border consists of a single woodcut depicting two birds flanking a plinth (top), a man wearing a hat and playing a flute with a bee at his shoulder (right), two cherubs holding up a blank crest (bottom), and a humanoid fiure with a pig or cow's head holding a rosary (right).

Date Issued or Published
1522
Subject - Topic/Names
Decoration and ornament
Cherubs (Art)
Plants in art
Birds
Flutes
Musicians
Bees
Rosary
Pigs
Cows
Subject - Time Period
Sixteenth century
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Title
Historiated title page of Luther's De votis monasticis
Date Issued or Published
1522
Description
A woodcut border on the title page of Luther's Uon Menschenn Lere zu meyden printed in 1522. The border consists of a single woodcut depicting two birds flanking a plinth (top), a man wearing a hat and playing a flute with a bee at his shoulder (right), two cherubs holding up a blank crest (bottom), and a humanoid fiure with a pig or cow's head holding a rosary (right).
Publisher
Rhau-Grunenberg, Johann, active 1508-1525
Place of Publication
Wittenberg (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)
Contributor
Luther, Martin, 1483-1546
Primary Language
German
Subject - Topic/Names
Decoration and ornament
Cherubs (Art)
Plants in art
Birds
Flutes
Musicians
Bees
Rosary
Pigs
Cows
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.
Historiated title page of Luther's Uon Menschenn Lere zu meyden
Source
De votis monasticis
Local Call Number
1522 LUTH MM
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
Sort Date
1522
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