Accession number
PML 58544
Creator
Luther, Martin, 1483-1546.
Published
[Wittenberg] : [Johann Rhau-Grunenberg], [1521]
Credit line
Gift of Sinclair Hamilton, Feb. 1968.
Notes
Scenes from the life of Christ parodied by 26 woodcut illustrations of the pope's life and government. The latter are followed by quotations from the canon law, the former by quotations chosen chiefly from the Gospels (in a translation differing from that of Luther). The selection of these quotations was presumably begun by Luther and continued by Melanchthon, assisted by Schwertferger. See Lutzow, p. 185-186.
Signatures: A-B⁴, C⁶.
Woodcuts attributed to Hans Cranach, formerly attributed to Lucas Cranach. Cf. Rosenwald.
Woodcut of Christ bearing the cross on verso of leaf B2.
Woodcuts are attributed to Lucas Cranach in Lucas Cranach der Altere: das gesamte graphische Werk, 555-83, but to Hans Cranach in Britism Museum Catalogue of German and Flemish Woodcuts, II: 324.
Signatures: A-B⁴, C⁶.
Woodcuts attributed to Hans Cranach, formerly attributed to Lucas Cranach. Cf. Rosenwald.
Woodcut of Christ bearing the cross on verso of leaf B2.
Woodcuts are attributed to Lucas Cranach in Lucas Cranach der Altere: das gesamte graphische Werk, 555-83, but to Hans Cranach in Britism Museum Catalogue of German and Flemish Woodcuts, II: 324.
Description
[14] leaves : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 19 cm (4to)
Binding
Blue morocco, gilt-tooled, by Bedford.
Classification
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