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Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: A flaming sword is featured in the printer's device of Jean Gerard, a printer in Geneva -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Printer's device of Martin Lechler (d. 1594) -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: In the printer’s device of Hans Lufft (1495-1584), two hands grasp a sword with a heart on its tip, and two serpents wrap themselves around the sword -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Printer’s device of Nicolaus Diuitus, a Parisian printer -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The printer’s device of Wolfgang Köpfel (d. 1554?) shows the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove above two serpents grasping a stone block, perhaps serving as the headstone (= cornerstone) of a building, and so serving as a wordplay on the printer’s name (Kopf = head) -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This printer’s device of Robert Estienne (1503?-1559) gives the motto in full form: NOLI ALTUM SAPERE SED TIME ("Do not become proud but stand in awe." Schreiber, The Estiennes, 247), taken from the Vulgate of Rom 11:20 -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The printer's device of Christoph Froschauer (d. 1564) includes a wordplay on his surname (Frosch = Frog). portal dated 1521 -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The printer's device of Andreas Wechel (d. 1581) features Pegasus, the winged horse of Greek mythology that rose into the heavens to become a constellation of stars -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Printer's device of Juan de Cánova (fl. 1555-1568) -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Printer's device of Oudin Petit (d. 1572)