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  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: A rendering of the nativity with cherubs attending to the newborn Christ child. The artist of these engravings was the monogrammist HA
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    Description: Mary and Joseph present the infant Jesus and their offering in the Temple
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    Description: Mary, the future mother of Jesus, visits her pregnant kinswoman, Elizabeth
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    Description: The Holy Spirit descends on Jesus' followers at Pentecost
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    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...
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    Description: Taken from the printing of an early and very popular sermon by Luther on indulgences and grace, this woodcut shows Jesus being taken down from the cross by Mary the mother of Jesus, Joseph of Arimathea, and the Apostle John. This illustration is reminiscent of the “Man of Sorrows” image shown lat...
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    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...
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    Description: With the inscription “INRI” (“Iesus Nazarenus, Rex Iudaeorum “ = “Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews”) at the head of the cross, this image shows Mary (the mother of Jesus) and Joseph of Arimathea taking the body of Jesus down from the cross
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    Description: Historiated title-page border. Attributed to Lucas Cranach, the Elder
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    Description: A rendering of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ with Mary and the beloved disciple looking on
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    Description: Appearing on the title page of this volume by the Jewish convert to Christianity, Johannes Pfefferkorn, this engraving of the crucifixion shows Jesus’ blood flowing from his wounds into a font. Mary the mother of Jesus shelters the faithful on the left, while the pope (note the triple tiara and t...
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    Description: As Mary prays, the archangel Gabriel appears and the Holy Spirit descends on her in the form of a dove
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    Description: Mary greets her kinswoman Elizabeth
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    Description: John sits with pen in hand and a book before him, an eagle stands nearby and a vision of the Madonna and child appears before him.
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    Description: This woodcut derives from Lucas Cranach, the Elder (1472-1553), and is taken from the last printed leaf of the third Wittenberg printing of On Good Works, one of Luther’s most important early treatises. It shows the Apostle John, Mary the mother of Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and a group of three sold...
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    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 ...
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    Description: The Virgin Mary stands in a garden with a church building in the background
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    Description: The Virgin Mary visits her kinswoman Elizabeth
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    Description: The three wise men greet the newborn Christ child in Bethlehem. The artist of these engravings was the monogrammist HA
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: The angel Gabriel announces to Mary that she will be the mother of Jesus
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    Description: A rendering of the fulfillment of the Suffering Servant song in the crucifixion of Jesus. The artist of these engravings was the monogrammist HA
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: The baby Jesus and his parents are visited by the magi
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    Description: This familiar scene of the birth of Jesus shows the shepherds hastening to the manger scene
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    Description: Jesus is crucified as Mary and John look on
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: The angel Gabriel announces to Mary that she will conceive a child by the Holy Spirit
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: This richly executed title page border includes the Anunciation, Jesus receiving the children, and the Last Supper
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: With the inscription “INRI” (“Iesus Nazarenus, Rex Iudaeorum “ = “Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews”) at the head of the cross, this image shows Mary (the mother of Jesus) and Joseph of Arimathea taking the body of Jesus down from the cross
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    Description: Mary wears a crown of flowers and holds the infant Jesus in her lap, as St. Dominic, in the white and black habit of the Dominican order, kneels before them to receive the rosary. The entire scene is framed by a large rosary containing the traditional five decades, each decade made up of ten roses
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    Description: Jesus is cicumcised at the Temple. The artist of these engravings was the monogrammist HA
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    Description: Joseph and Mary brought Jesus to Jerusalem and presented him at the Temple.
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    Description: On Pentecost the Holy Spirit descended as a dove on the disciples of Jesus
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    Description: John 2 describes Jesus' first sign as that of changing water to wine at a wedding feast in Cana of Galilee
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    Description: The Crucifixion. Jesus Christ is laid out on the cross by soldiers who drive the nails into his body, as Jesus' mother and disciples look on. The nails and other instruments are in the foreground and the "INRI" inscription ready to be affixed to the cross.
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    Description: The circumcision of Jesus, as Mary and Joseph look on.
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: The Nativity. Joseph, Mary, and the infant Jesus Christ are in the stable with two shepherds in attendance and the star of Bethlehem in the sky. Sheep and another shepherd are visible in the distance through the window.
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    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.
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    Description: Mary kneels in prayer before the crucified Jesus
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    Description: The scene of the nativity show the holy family, as the shepherds are in the field and receive the news of Jesus' birth
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: A Christological interpretation of Isaiah 11: As Jesse, the father of David, lies on the ground, from his side grows up a tree at whose center is the Madonna and child
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: This scene of the nativity features the holy family with the shepherds
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: The Holy Spirit appears as a dove above the assembled disciples Mary, and flames of fire appear over their heads
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    Description: Historiated title-page border This elaborate engraving from the workshop of Lucas Cranach, the Elder, features the crests of Martin Luther and Philipp Melanchthon, and at the base is the printer’s monogram (NS = Nickel Schirlentz, d. 1547)
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    Description: Three wise men bring their gifts to the baby Jesus before Mary and Joseph
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    Description: At age 12, Jesus instructs the Jewish teachers in the Temple, as Mary stands in the background
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: Joseph and Mary stand by as Jesus is circumcised by a priest in the Temple
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: Mary and Joseph present the baby Jesus in the Temple, and the holy man Simeon blesses them, but prophesies that a sword will pierce Mary's heart
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: A nativity scene with the baby Jesus, Mary, and Joseph
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: Historiated title-page border. Attributed to Lucas Cranach, the Elder
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    Description: As Jesus dines with his disciples, Mary sits at his feet, and her sister Martha asks Jesus to instruct Mary to help with the dinner preparations. Outside the room is the scene of Jesus and his disciples entering the city gate