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  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: This image is from Luther's publication of the Theologia Deutsch (German Theology), written many years earlier by an unknown disciple of the Medieval German mystic, Johannes Tauler (ca. 1300-1361). Luther says in his preface that he has learned more from it than from any other book, excepting the...
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: This woodcut of the crucifixion of Jesus shows his mother Mary and the disciple John (his attribute, the book, in hand) looking on with the Roman soldiers and Jerusalem in the background. It was one of several illustrations in Michael Helding’s Roman Catholic catechism. Moderate Catholic suffraga...
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: For this image: The text around the woodcut is taken from Galatians 6:14. “Far be it from me that I should boast, except in the cross of my Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world has been crucified to me and I to the world.”
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: This image of Jesus depicts him as the “man of sorrows” (cf. Isaiah 53:3 and the history of its Christian interpretation), surrounded by the instru-ments of his suffering and death (e.g. spear, cross, hammer, die, scourge, crown of thorns). It is used as a title-page illustration for one of Luthe...
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: This medallion illustrations shows the transfigured Jesus, flanked by Moses and Elijah and receiving the adoration of the dsiciples Peter, James, and John
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: The Crucifixion. Jesus Christ is crucified, with the inscription "INRI" overhead, one soldier standing guard beneath the cross, two more on horseback, one lifting a spear to Jesus' side, and two of Jesus' followers barely visible at the lefthand edge.
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: The Last Supper or Eucharist, instituted by Jesus Christ as he and his disciples eat the Passover meal. A basin and flagon are on the floor in the foreground; two windows flank the head of Jesus.
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: Leading out a group of armed guards with torches, Judas Iscariot betrays Jesus Christ with a kiss; Simon Peter stands with sword raised above one of the guards, who kneels on the ground with his lantern.
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: Pilate brings Jesus Christ, arrayed with a crown of thorns and a reed scepter, out before a crowd below.
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: The Deposition. Jesus Christ is laid in a casket by a group of men and women outside the burial cave.
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: Jesus Christ is bound to a pillar and beaten by three guards.
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: Jesus Christ is brought down from the cross. The "INRI" inscription is visable over his head; the crown of thorns is left on the right crossbeam; and a ladder is used for the process.
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: An inside scene, four guards beat the seated and blindfolded Jesus Christ.
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: Jesus Christ is crucified between the two thieves, with the inscription "INRI" above his head and Jerusalem in the background.
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: Surrounded by armed guards, Jesus Christ is brought before the high priest, who is seated.
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: Jesus Christ collapses under the weight of the cross, is helped by Simon of Cyrene, and is surrounded by a crowd and armed guards; Jerusalem is in the background.
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: Surrounded by guards, Jesus Christ is brought before Pilate, who sits on a throne with scepter in hand.
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: Jesus is crucified as Mary and John look on
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: The triumphant Christ stands in the tomb with banner in hand, as soldiers are arranged about him
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: Architectural title-page border, with putti at the top and Jesus Christ driving the money-changers out of the Temple, overturning their table in the process.
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: With the inscription “INRI” (“Iesus Nazarenus, Rex Iudaeorum “ = “Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews”) at the head of the cross, this image shows Mary (the mother of Jesus) and Joseph of Arimathea taking the body of Jesus down from the cross
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: Here Jesus is shown entering Hell after his crudifixion but before his resurrection to bring salvation to the souls imprisoned there
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: Jesus Christ is brought down from the cross. The "INRI" inscription is visable over his head; the crown of thorns is left on the crossbeam on the right; and a ladder is used for the process. Jesus' disciples look on, and Joseph of Arimathea stands at the foot of the cross.
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: The Crucifixion. Jesus Christ is laid out on the cross by soldiers who drive the nails into his body, as Jesus' mother and disciples look on. The nails and other instruments are in the foreground and the "INRI" inscription ready to be affixed to the cross.
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: Jesus Christ with the crown of thorns on his head and a guard at either side appears at a window. Soldiers stand outside, where a cross has been prepared
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: Jesus Christ at table with his mother and a wedding party in Cana, where he changed water to wine
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: The Deposition. The body of Jesus is laid into a coffin by Joseph of Arimathea with women and others looking on
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: Jesus collapses under the weight of the cross, is helped by Simon of Cyrene, and is surrounded by a crowd and armed guards
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: The disciples are gathered at the mountain from which Jesus ascended
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: The triumphant Christ makes the sign of blessing
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: The Triumphant Christ is flanked by the Electoral and Ducal coats of arms of Saxony
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: In the midst of the other disciples Peter confesses Jesus as the Christ
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: Jesus Christ is bound to a pillar and beaten by three guards
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: Leading out a group of armed guards with torches, Judas Iscariot betrays Jesus with a kiss; Simon Peter stands with sword raised above one of the guards, who kneels on the ground with his lantern
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: John baptizes Jesus in the Jordan River
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: Jesus Christ washes the feet of Peter, as the other disciples look on
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: Jesus is tempted by Satan in the wilderness
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: Surrounded by guards, Jesus is brought before Pilate
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: Jesus is crucified between two thieves, as his mother and the Apostle John look on
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: Jesus Christ is brought by guards before the high priest for judgment
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: The Apostle Thomas touches wounds of the resurrected Jesus, as the other disciples look on