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  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: As some Israelites have been bitten by serpents and lie stricken on the ground, others are gathered before their tents and so look for protection unto the bronze serpent that Moses has raised
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    Description: Jesus collapses under the weight of the cross, is helped by Simon of Cyrene, and is surrounded by a crowd and armed guards
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    Description: A rendering of the crucifixion with Mary and the beloved disciple looking on.
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: The Crucifixion. Mary the mother of Jesus and the Apostle John flank the cross of Jesus Christ; Jerusalem is in the background and the inscription "INRI" is above Jesus' head. All three figures have haloes.
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: Having broken down the gate of Hell/Hades, Jesus proclaims salvation to those within. The demonic beasts of the netherworld threaten him from above and below. This was to have occurred between Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection.
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: This image of the crucifixion shows Martin Luther kneeling on the right, and Frederick the Wise, the Elector of Saxony, on the left, an arrangement that often appeared in later editions of the reformer's works
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: Here Jesus teaches his disciples of his impending death, indicated by the three crosses in the background at the upper left. The woodcut illustrated Luther’s sermon on John 12
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: Illustrating a Roman Catholic catechism, this wood-cut shows the administration of the Eucharist in both kinds, a practice that continued among some German Catholics into the second half of the sixteenth century.
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: Historiated title-page border with the Luther Rose, attributed to the 'Master of Jacob's Ladder,' the so-called 'Lemberger-Double'