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Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Against the backdrop of a wealthy man at his money-counting table, Jesus teaches his disciples about wealth -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Followed by his disciples, Jesus is met and questioned by a Jewish lawyer, arrayed in elaborate clothing and impressive hat. In the background is visible a representation of the Parable of the Good Samaritan -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: In the presence of the disciples Jesus heals a man who is deaf and mute -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: As Jesus teaches his disciples about prayer in the foreground, his lesson is acted out in the background: the Pharisee kneels in prayer in the Temple (a stone tablet is barely visible) and the tax collector stands outside, hat in hand -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Two scenes: as Jesus and his disciples approach Jerusalem, he weeps over the city; Jesus drives the crowd of Jewish money-changers from the Temple with a whip -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Jesus teaches two disciples in the foreground, while a wealthy man demands an accounting from his manager at a table in a house nearby -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Illustrating the commandment against stealing, this scene shows Achan carrying away plunder from Jericho, burying it with a shovel in his tent, his confrontation with Joshua about the matter, and his subsequent stoning while tied to a stake -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: On the right, God gives two stone tablets to Moses from a burning bush,on the left, Moses presents the tablets to the people of Israel. -
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: Two Israelite spies return to the horned Moses from their expedition into Canaan, a city roadway being visible in the background.. They have walking stickscarry on a pole between them an enormous cluster of grapes -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: As the great fish swims in the water on his back, Jonah emerges from his mouth in the posture of prayer -
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: This engraving is the last of five illustrating the blessing and laying the first stone of a new church building. Having placed the stone in the ground, the bishop sprinkles the area with the blessed water once again -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The printer's device for Ioanne (Iehan) Petit, showing a leopard and alion on either side of a tree holding a shield with a crest, angels or putti above. Jean Petit (fl. 1492-1530) -
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: Crucifixion with Open Tomb. The wood-engraving (on t.p.) has the monogram of H. Schäufelein, according to WA. Jesus cross prayer disciple -
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: 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 historiated title-page border (copied from a folio border by Lucas Cranach, the Elder) features philosophers gathered around the Castalian spring. Here the Delphi priestesses bathed before announcing their oracles -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The coat of arms of Hieronymus Emser (1478-1527), one of Luther's most vigorous opponents -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The Coat of Arms for Johannes Reuchlin -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the second of five illustrating the blessing and laying the first stone of a new church building. Standing in the place where the church will be built, the bishop blesses salt and water -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the fourth of five illustrating the blessing and coronation of a queen. The presiding bishop places the crown on the queen’s head as she kneels before him -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the fifth of six illustrating the blessing and coronation of a queen-consort. As she kneels before him, the presiding bishop offers the scepter to the newly crowned queen -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the first of six illustrating the blessing and coronation of a queen-consort. The queen kneels and the king stands before the presiding bishop. Auxiliary bishops, priests, deacons and noblemen stand as witnesses -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the seventh of ten illustrating the blessing and coronation of a king. The presiding bishop and several of the auxiliary bishops place the crown on the king’s head as he kneels before them -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This printer’s device of Crato Mylius (1503-1547) or Krafft Müller (German form of his name) features the Roman goddess Ceres. It was designed by Heinrich Vogtherr, the Elder -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The printer's device of Christoph Froschauer (d. 1564) includes a wordplay on his surname (Frosch = Frog). The engraving is by Hans Lützelburger after Hans Holbein, the Younger, 1527. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving has at its head the arms of the Holy Roman Empire and at its base the arms of the city of Nuremberg/Nurnberg. The Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I stands to the left and Moses to the right -
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. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library 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. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The Apostle Philip stands with a staff with a cross at its head, 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 a builder's square in hand, while in the background is depicted his own martyrdom by decapitation. The monogram of the artist, Virgil Solis (1514-1562), is on the tree limb at the upper right. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The Apostle Judas Thadeus stands with his attribute the club, while in the background is depicted his own martyrdom by beating. The monogram of the artist, Virgil Solis (1514-1562), is in the upper right. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The Apostle Andrew stands alongside the diagonal cross with book in hand, while in the background is depicted his own martrydom by crucifixion. The monogram of the artist, Virgil Solis (1514-1562), is on the upper left end of the cross. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The Apostle Simon, the Zealot stands with book in hand and his attribute the saw, while in the background is depicted his own martyrdom by being sawn in two. The monogram of the artist, Virgil Solis (1514-1562), is in the upper right -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The printer’s device of Joannes Oporinus (1507-1568) alludes to the myth of the musician Arion’s rescue from drowning by a dolphin -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The text along the top of the medallion is the Latin version of God's proclamation to Peter, James, and John, "This is my beloved Son; listen to him" (RSV). -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This ornate engraving places God and the symbol of the Holy Spirit at the head of the page, the transfiguration of Jesus at the foot, and along the edges are the symbols of the four Evangelists. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The text along the top of the medallion is the Latin version of God's proclamation to Peter, James, and John, "This is my beloved Son; listen to him" (RSV) -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This depiction of the last judgment adorned the title-page of Otto Brunfels' (1488-1534) work on the "Christian Regimen"." He had been a Carthusian monk and later a physician in Bern -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The arms of the city of Nuremberg -
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: Phoebe arrives as a courier to deliver a letter to the Apostle Paul. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Here the Apostle Peter, the characteristic key in hand, receives a sealed envelope from a messenger. As often is the case in the illustrations of this 1547 Bible, the messenger is shod but the saint is not. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Luke the Evangelist sits at his writing desk, composing his gospel account. At his feet rests his attribute, the winged ox, and out the window is a crucifix with the angels. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Here the Apostle John passes a letter to a messenger. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: As two men stand on the road leading to a great, walled city, they see overhead in the clouds the cavalries of two armies doing battle -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The seven-branched lampstand, the Menorah, the table with the Bread of the Presence, and miscellaneous plates and utensils -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: A rendering of the Roman goddess Minerva (Greek Athena), both frontal and rear views. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: A rendering of the Greek god Hercules from the rear. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: A Historiated title page with the Roman goddess Venus and god Cupid. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: A historiated title-page border with the Roman god Mercury -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Printer's device of Peter Apian (1495-1552) -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: A rendering of a muscian on a dolphin playing a lute. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: A rendering of the Roman god Mercury (Greek Hermes). -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: A rendering of the Roman goddess Minerva (Greek Athena). -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: A rendering of the Roman god Neptune. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: A rendering of the Greek god Hercules with his characteristic lion hood and musculature. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Girolamo Savonarola (1452-1498) works at his writing desk -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Zechariah, the father of John the Baptist, is mute and so must write the name of his son, John -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The Virgin Mary stands in a garden with a church building in the background -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The printer’s device of Heinrich Petri (1508-1579) is based on that of his father, Adam Petri, and involves a wordplay on the family name (petrus = stone). Adam, Heinrich, and Sebastian Petri used altogether 27 different printer's devices, and 18 of these were variants of the design illustrated ... -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The Virgin Mary visits her kinswoman Elizabeth -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Bishop Jaime Perez de Valencia (1408-1490) is shown at his writing desk -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This hand-colored, historiated title-page border includes four male figures, two with armor -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: A man sits on a throne with the parapet roofs visible behind him -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Historiated title-page border From the Master of Jacob's Ladder, a pupil of Georg Lemberger. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the second of nine illustrating the blessing and consecration of a virgin. In a series of prayers, the bishop blesses the various pieces of clothing that make up the habit of the nun. Here, the nuns kneel before the bishop, having taken off their secular clothing and donned pa... -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the first of nine illustrating the blessing and consecration of a virgin. The women leave the cloister of their monastery dressed in secular clothing and enter the church for the ceremony, accompanied by older matrons. Here they are presented to the bishop by the archpriest at... -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the last of five illustrating the blessing of an abbess. As the Offertory of the Mass begins, the new abbess comes before the bishop once again with her women companions and kneels before him in order to kiss his hand. When she returns to her place, the Mass proceeds -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the fourth of five illustrating the blessing of an abbess. After blessing a veil with holy water, the bishop places it on the head of the new abbess so that it falls across her shoulders and back and down to her eyes -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the third of five illustrating the blessing of an abbess. Seated on his throne and with attendant priests at his side, the bishop offers the book of the Rule of her order to the abbess-elect -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the second of five illustrating the blessing of an abbess. The abbess-elect kneels before the standing bishop while he lays his hands on her head, blessing her -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the first of five illustrating the blessing of an abbess. The abbess-elect, her face unveiled, leaves the enclosure of the monastery for the ceremony accompanied by two older matrons. She kneels before the presiding bishop and makes her oath of office. Then she places her hand... -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the last in a series of nine illustrating the blessing of a monk as an abbot. The new abbot, wearing a mitre and holding a crozier, kneels before the presiding bishop in front of the altar for the bishop’s final blessing -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the eighth in a series of nine illustrating the blessing of a monk as an abbot. The presiding bishop places a mitre on the head of the new abbot who kneels before him -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the seventh in a series of nine illustrating the blessing of a monk as an abbot. Seated on his throne, the presiding bishop offers a crozier to the new abbot while his community looks on -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the sixth in a series of nine illustrating the blessing of a monk as an abbot. The new abbot kneels before the bishop, seated on his throne, and receives a copy of the Rule of his order from the bishop. His fellow monks stand in witness to this -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the fourth in a series of nine illustrating the blessing of a monk as an abbot. The abbot prostrates himself before the altar on which rests the book of the Gospels. The bishop and assistant abbots kneel before the altar. The community of monks stand as witnesses -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the third in a series of nine illustrating the blessing of a monk as an abbot. The new abbot, now wearing vestments and cope, kneels before the presiding bishop. The bishop presents the book of the Gospels to him and he touches it with his hands. The community of monks stand a... -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the second in a series of nine illustrating the blessing of a monk as an abbot. The abbot-elect kneels before the bishop, seated on his throne, who removes the secular clothing he had been wearing and replaces it with the habit -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the first in a series of nine illustrating the blessing of an abbot. The monk chosen to become an abbot kneels before the presiding bishop wearing his normal, daily clothing. The bishop, surrounded by assistant abbots and priests, blesses him. The community of monks stand as ... -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the last in a series of twelve illustrating the consecration of a bishop. The ceremony of bestowal of the pallium must take place in the new bishop’s own diocese. The pallium is a long woolen cloth embroidered with six small black crosses sent to the bishop by the pope. Here t... -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the eleventh in a series of twelve illustrating the consecration of a bishop. The new bishop, wearing a mitre and carrying a crozier, kneels before the three bishops who have consecrated him. He is blessed again by the presiding bishop -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the ninth in a series of twelve illustrating the consecration of a new bishop. With a lit candle in his hand, the bishop-elect kneels before the presiding bishop. Assistant priests stand in the background, carrying the loaves of bread and kegs of wine that will be consecrated d... -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the tenth in a series of twelve illustrating the consecration of a new bishop. The presiding bishop with his two assistant bishops place a mitre on the new bishop’s head -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the eighth in a series of twelve illustrating the consecration of a new bishop. The bishop-elect, with his hands still bound within a long linen cloth, kneels before the presiding bishop. The latter offers the book of the Gospels (formerly on the back of the one being consecrat... -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Diagram of area of the Temple atrium (see Ezekiel 40-42) -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Jesus' disciples distribute loaves of bread to the crowd of 4,000, while seven loaves of bread rest in the foreground -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This striking image from a Roman Catholic catechism features a gambling scene in the foreground and an execution by stoning in the background -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Here the Evangelist Matthew writes his gospel account, receiving inspiratiion from the angel that appears outside his window. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: A Canaanite woman in the region of Tyre and Sidon kneels before Jesus, requesting that he heal her daughter -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Attached to the folio printing of Gaguin’s work on the history of France is the printer’s device of Thielman Kerver (d. 1522). As was often the case, this device incorporates mythological elements (the two unicorns), elaborate flora (an oak tree occupies the central space), and a family crest -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This is the portrait of Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (1368-1437) -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The three wise men greet the newborn Christ child in Bethlehem. The artist of these engravings was the monogrammist HA