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Engravings from the Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection
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Printer Device
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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: 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: Printer's device of Peter Apian (1495-1552) -
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: 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: The printer's device for Andreas Cratander (d. 1540) shows Occasio, the goddess of chance, against an Alpine landscape, standing on an orb and with a razor lifted high. By monogrammist H.F. (= Hans Franck [d.1522]?) -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The printer's device of Christoph Froschauer (d. 1564) includes a wordplay on his surname (Frosch = Frog)