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Historiated title page border of a set of eight Luther sermons

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A woodcut border to a set of eight Luther sermons printed in 1523. The border is composed of four woodcuts depicting a cherub playing a violin atop a plant (right), a woman below a pair of fish (left), and various ornamental and floral designs (top and bottom).

Date Issued or Published
1523
Subject - Topic/Names
Decoration and ornament
Cherubs (Art)
Plants in art
Women
Fishes
Musical instruments
Violins
Subject - Time Period
Sixteenth century
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Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection
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P_300000161005_P007
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Title
Historiated title page border of a set of eight Luther sermons
Date Issued or Published
1523
Description
A woodcut border to a set of eight Luther sermons printed in 1523. The border is composed of four woodcuts depicting a cherub playing a violin atop a plant (right), a woman below a pair of fish (left), and various ornamental and floral designs (top and bottom).
Publisher
Nadler, Jörg, active 1508-1525
Place of Publication
Wittenberg (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)
Augsburg (Germany)
Primary Language
German
Subject - Topic/Names
Decoration and ornament
Cherubs (Art)
Plants in art
Women
Fishes
Musical instruments
Violins
Subject - Time Period
Sixteenth century
Extent/Dimensions
19 cm (approx.)
Content Type
Still image
Content Genre
woodcuts (prints)
Format
Quarto
Source
Acht Sermon. D. M. Luthers vo[n] im gepredigt zu[o] Wittemberg inn der Fasten : Darinn kurtzlich begryffen von den Messen, Bildtnussen bayderlay gestalt des Sacramennts von denn speysen vnd haimlichen beycht. c. Wittemberg. 1.5.23
Local Call Number
1523 LUTH NNNN
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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