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  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: Jesus' parable of the unforgiving servant posits one servant receiving forgiveness of a great debt from his master, but then this servant refuses to forgive a fellow servant a much smaller debt
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    Description: Title page for 'Pontificale Romanum Clementis VIII. Pont. Max. iussu restitutum atque editum' (Rome, 1595), a book describing rites performed by Roman Catholic bishops. It was also called 'Liber Sacramentorum,' 'Liber Officialis,' 'Liber Pontificalis,' etc. The engravings of the work in the Digi...
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: A generic image of a prophet is used here to represent Baruch
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: The prophet Isaiah sits at his desk with a book before him (and others visible in the body of the desk)
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: King David sits on his throne with a harp beside him a book in hand
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: Taken from the title page of an early sixteenth-century Catholic work on the Mass, this woodcut depicts a congregant kneeling as the priest per-forms the eucharistic service. Note the four woodcut border panels that have been used rather crudely to frame the central engraving
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: The Apostle Peter rests against a tree with a book and a key in hand, while in the background is depicted his own martyrdom by crucifixion. The monogram of the artist, Virgil Solis (1514-1562), is in the clouds at the upper left.
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: The Apostle Matthew stands with book and spear in hand, while in the background is depicted his own martyrdom. The monogram of the artist, Virgil Solis (1514-1562), is in the clouds at the upper left.
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    Description: The Apostle Matthias stands with book in hand and his attribute the axe, while in the background is depicted his own martyrdom by beheading. The monogram of the artist, Virgil Solis (1514-1562), is on the blade of the axe.
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: The Apostle Bartholomew stands with book and knife in hand, while in the background is depicted his own martyrdom. The monogram of the artist, Virgil Solis (1514-1562), is in the clouds at the upper right.