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Historiated title page border of Das ander teyl widder die hymlischen Propheten, vom Sacrament

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A woodcut border to Luther's Das ander teyl widder die hymlischen Propheten, vom Sacrament printed in 1525. The border consists of a single woodcut depicting a collection of cherubs with feathers or plants climbing on top of each other and filling a back on the back of a sleeping monk (sides and bottom) and a pair of cherubs flanking a shield with a man's head with a hood (top).

Date Issued or Published
1525
Subject - Topic/Names
Decoration and ornament
Cherubs (Art)
Plants in art
Feathers
Monks
Shields
Subject - Time Period
Sixteenth century
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Title
Historiated title page border of Das ander teyl widder die hymlischen Propheten, vom Sacrament
Date Issued or Published
1525
Description
A woodcut border to Luther's Das ander teyl widder die hymlischen Propheten, vom Sacrament printed in 1525. The border consists of a single woodcut depicting a collection of cherubs with feathers or plants climbing on top of each other and filling a back on the back of a sleeping monk (sides and bottom) and a pair of cherubs flanking a shield with a man's head with a hood (top).
Publisher
Loersfeld, Johannes
Place of Publication
Erfurt (Germany)
Contributor
Luther, Martin, 1483-1546
Primary Language
German
Subject - Topic/Names
Decoration and ornament
Cherubs (Art)
Plants in art
Feathers
Monks
Shields
Subject - Time Period
Sixteenth century
Extent/Dimensions
20 cm (approx.)
Content Type
Still image
Content Genre
woodcuts (prints)
Format
Quarto
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This work is a part of the Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection.
Source
Das ander teyl widder die hymlischen Propheten, vom Sacrament.
Local Call Number
1525 LUTH X
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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1525
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