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Engravings from the Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection
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Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Zechariah sits on the ground, and before him is an angel, an armed soldier on horseback (red horse, among the myrtle trees), and in the clouds are visible four soldiers with swords and four horns. -
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: From a tree Zacchaeus looks down on Jesus, the disciples, and a crowd as they pass by. The city of Jericho is visible in the distance -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This scene of Christian worship shows a baptism, a preacher in a pulpit before the kneeling congregation, and the Eucharist being observed -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Three women come to the tomb with their jars of ointment to anoint the body of Jesus for burial, only to find the stone at the door of the tomb rolled away and an angel inside. This woodcut illustrates Luther’s sermon on Mark 16, which identifies the three women as Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother... -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The wise woman of Tekoah approaches David with her request. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: A fire burning outside, a priest reads from a book to a king, seated on his throne with scepter in hand, surrounded by his advisors. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Jesus Christ at table with his mother and a wedding party in Cana, where he changed water to wine -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Mary, the mother of Jesus, meets her kinswoman Elizabeth outside a doorway, as Zechariah looks on -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The baby Jesus and his parents are visited by the magi -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: An angel shows John the new heaven and the new earth. A city is stretched out before him below. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The vision of the heavenly armies during the time of Antiochus. -
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: A Historiated title page with the Roman goddess Venus and god Cupid. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: A ruler (Jairus, according to Luke) kneels before Jesus to ask him to heal his daughter, while a woman (afflicted with an issue of blood for many years) touches the hem of Jesus' garment from behind, as the disciples look on -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: In this initial letter H, Elisha is shown preaching as a bear consumes the boys who mocked him. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Moses commands that trumpets be made and played as signals to Israel. The tents are visible in the background. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The triumphant Christ stands outside the tomb, having conquered death. The artist’s monogram A-W is set at the lower right -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: As Jesus enters Jerusalem triumphantly, his disciples follow and the crowd acclaims him -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Jesus rides a donkey into Jerusalem -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Jesus entered Jerusalem in triumphant fashion at the end of his career and received the acclamation of the crowds there -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The crucifixion of Jesus dominates this representation of the Christian Trinity -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This woodcut is taken from the title page of Johann von Staupitz’ tract on the love of God, written as a New Year’s greeting for some of the author’s friends and highly valued by Luther, who developed a close friendship with Staupitz. The woodcut depicts the Trinity, showing the crucified Jesus j... -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The Tower of Babel is under construction. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Humans are shown laboring with scaffolding to build a large tower into the heavens. Tower of Babel. Also used to illustrate the story of Jonathan rebuilding Jerusalem in 1 Macc 10. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Tobit sits on a chair and footstool pointing to his eye, as birds perch in the rafters overhead and defecate in his eyes. Before him stands Anna, his wife, with hands folded in prayer, as Tobiah, his son, points to him. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The initial letter "T" shows Tobit on a chair pointing to his eye as birds perch overhead in the rafters and defecate in his eyes. Before him stands Anna, his wife, with hands folded in prayer, as Tobiah, his son, points to him. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Title-page for the New Testament, surrounded by coats of arms and crests. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Illustrating the commandment against taking the Lord's name in vain, two figures approach the king on his throne -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: As one man sleeps on his bed, another removes coins from his moneybag, illustrating the seventh commandment: Thou Shalt Not Steal -
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: Cain murders Abel with a club in the midst of a grove of trees, as their respective sacrifices (grain for Cain, and a lamb of the flock for Abel) appear in the background -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: As David looks down from a palace balcony, Bathsheba bathes in a pool, accompanied by her attendants. It illustrates the commandment against committing adultery -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: With soldiers and their lances and pikes gathered about, three men appear before a judge with raised scepter/staff -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The baby Jesus is worshipped by and receives gifts from the three wise men of the East. The star that guided them is visible in the sky overhead -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Three women with jars of ointment come to the tomb of Jesus, only to find it empty and an angel sitting astride the coffin -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The woman, the child, and the dragon. The child is snatched away by angels to God in heaven, while Michael and the angels battle the there. The woman wears a crown and is given eagles' wings, and the earth swallows up the river poured out of dragon's mouth. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The two witnesses stand before the crowned beast, as John measures the Temple in the background. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Solomon appears at table with his attendants, when two women approach, each claiming custody of the baby. Solomon's servant stands with drawn sword to divide the child between the two women -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: A king (Solomon?) sits between two women, who argue their cases -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The whore of Babylon rides a beast with seven heads and ten horns and carries a golden cup. A king stands receptively before them, and a bald man (a monk?) and a bonneted woman kneel before them. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: A woman wearing the papaal tiara rides the beast with seven heads and holds a cup aloft in her hand, and she is greeted by kings, some of whom have fallen down before her. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Mary greets her kinswoman Elizabeth -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Mary, the future mother of Jesus, visits her pregnant kinswoman, Elizabeth -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The Virgin Mary visits her kinswoman Elizabeth -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This woodcut shows Saint Bernard of Clairvaux’s vision of Jesus as the “Man of Sorrows” with the instruments of his suffering. On the upper left are the Electoral and Ducal arms of Saxony, and at the base of the image are the bishop’s mitre and a heart pierced by an arrow -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The triumphant Christ stands in the tomb with banner in hand, as soldiers are arranged about him -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The Triumphant Christ is flanked by the Electoral and Ducal coats of arms of Saxony -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The triumphant Christ makes the sign of blessing