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  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: John the Baptist baptizes Jesus in the Jordan River; the Holy Spirit appears overhead in the form of a dove
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: This woodcut of the crucifixion of Jesus, with the Apostle John and Mary the mother of Jesus standing nearby, was included in a 1519 treatise by Luther on the worthy reception of the Eucharist. A skull is at the foot of the cross (alluding to the biblical references to Golgotha [the place of the ...
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: A rendering of the fulfillment of the Suffering Servant song in the crucifixion of Jesus. The artist of these engravings was the monogrammist HA
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: Taken from a sermon by Martin Luther on the suffering of Christ, this woodcut shows Jesus on the cross with his tomb before him and (perhaps) the Apostle John (or another disciple) kneeling in prayer or worship before him. In the lower right corner is the monogram of Hans Schäufelein (which incor...
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: A rendering of the crucifixion with Mary and the beloved disciple looking on.
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: This woodcut derives from Lucas Cranach, the Elder (1472-1553), and is taken from the last printed leaf of the third Wittenberg printing of On Good Works, one of Luther’s most important early treatises. It shows the Apostle John, Mary the mother of Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and a group of three sold...
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: Peter asks Jesus about the beloved disciple who follows. Jesus instructs Peter not to worry about the beloved, just follow
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: Peter asks Jesus about the beloved disciple who follows. Jesus instructs Peter not to worry about the beloved, just follow
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: Jesus is attended by angels as he prays that his cup may pass in the Garden of Gethsemane. In the background, the inner circle sleeps
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: This historiated title-page border depicts the attributes of the four gospel writers and an image of Martin Luther with another at the foot of the cross