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Historiated title page border of Johannes Faber's anti-Luther tract

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A woodcut border to Johannes Faber's anti-Luther tract printed in 1523. The border consists of four woodcuts depicting a cherub with a bow and arrows atop a decorative column (right), a cherub with a ball atop a decorative column (left), a pair of bucrania flanking a shield with the chi-rho and "EC" on it (bottom), and a group of cherubs (top).

Date Issued or Published
1523
Subject - Topic/Names
Decoration and ornament
Cherubs (Art)
Columns
Plants in art
Bulls
Skull
Bow and arrow
Balls (Sporting goods)
Chi Rho symbol
Subject - Time Period
Sixteenth century
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Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection
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The online edition of this work in the public domain, i.e. not protected by copyright, has been produced by Pitts Theology Library.
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P_300000074316_P005
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Title
Historiated title page border of Johannes Faber's anti-Luther tract
Date Issued or Published
1523
Description
A woodcut border to Johannes Faber's anti-Luther tract printed in 1523. The border consists of four woodcuts depicting a cherub with a bow and arrows atop a decorative column (right), a cherub with a ball atop a decorative column (left), a pair of bucrania flanking a shield with the chi-rho and "EC" on it (bottom), and a group of cherubs (top).
Publisher
Hittorp, Gottfried, 1490-1573
Cervicornus, Eucharius, active 1516-1547
Place of Publication
Cologne (Germany)
Primary Language
Latin
Subject - Topic/Names
Decoration and ornament
Cherubs (Art)
Columns
Plants in art
Bulls
Skull
Bow and arrow
Balls (Sporting goods)
Chi Rho symbol
Subject - Time Period
Sixteenth century
Extent/Dimensions
21 cm (approx.)
Content Type
Still image
Content Genre
woodcuts (prints)
Format
Quarto
Source
Iohannes Fabri, episcopi Constantiensis In spiritualibus uicarii responsiones duae : quinquagesimaquinta uidelicet, & CXXVI. ex grandi eius uolumine excerptae & selectae, quarum prior est : De Antilogiis seu contradictionibus Martini Lutheri, altera, De Sacramentis scripturisq[ue] & fide.
Local Call Number
1523 FABE
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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1523
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