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Historiated title page border of Luther's Christmas sermon

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A woodcut border to Luther's Christmas sermon printed in 1523. The border is composed of a single woodcut depicting a pair of armed cherubs (top), a cherub, bird, and monkey climbing a pair of grapevines (sides), and a pair of kneeling men flanking the printer's mark of Michel Buchfürer featuring a bull (bottom).

Date Issued or Published
1523
Subject - Topic/Names
Decoration and ornament
Cherubs (Art)
Grapes
Birds
Monkeys
Bow and arrow
Shields
Men
Printers
Printing
Printer's marks
Bulls
Buchfürer, Michel, active 1511-1524
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_000015281582_P001
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000015281582
Title
Historiated title page border of Luther's Christmas sermon
Date Issued or Published
1523
Description
A woodcut border to Luther's Christmas sermon printed in 1523. The border is composed of a single woodcut depicting a pair of armed cherubs (top), a cherub, bird, and monkey climbing a pair of grapevines (sides), and a pair of kneeling men flanking the printer's mark of Michel Buchfürer featuring a bull (bottom).
Publisher
Buchfürer, Michel, active 1511-1524
Place of Publication
Erfurt (Germany)
Primary Language
German
Subject - Topic/Names
Decoration and ornament
Cherubs (Art)
Grapes
Birds
Monkeys
Bow and arrow
Shields
Men
Printers
Printing
Printer's marks
Bulls
Buchfürer, Michel, active 1511-1524
Subject - Time Period
Sixteenth century
Extent/Dimensions
21 cm (approx.)
Content Type
Still image
Content Genre
woodcuts (prints)
Format
Quarto
Source
Ein Sermonn
Local Call Number
1523 LUTH A
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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