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Engravings from the Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection
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Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Historiated title-page border Printer's device of Johann Froben (d. 1527) at the head of the page -
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: Historiated title-page border with the printer's device of Friedrich Peypus (1485-1534) -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This historiated title-page border preserves the printer's device of Johann Froben (d. 1527) at the base and the abbreviated form of the artist responsible for the engraving ("Hans Holb[ein]") at the head -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Printer’s mark for Aldo Manuzio (1449 or 1450-1515) -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Printer's device of Amandus Farckall -
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 Andreas Wechel (d. 1581) features Pegasus, the winged horse of Greek mythology that rose into the heavens to become a constellation of stars -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Printer's device of Antonio Blado (1490-1567) -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Arnold Birckmann (fl. 1530-1542) used various printer's devices, but most made use of a hen standing before a birch tree (=Birke) -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The printer's device of Chrestien Wechel (1495-1554), father of printer Andreas Wechel, features Pegasus, the winged horse of Greek mythology that rose into the heavens to become a constellation of stars -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The printer's device of Christoph Froschauer (d. 1564) includes a wordplay on his surname (Frosch = Frog). portal dated 1521 -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The printer's device of Christoph Froschauer (d. 1564) includes a wordplay on his surname (Frosch = Frog) -
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 -
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: Printer's device for Christopher Plantin (1520-1589) The motto on the device reads, "labore et constantia" ("labor and tenacity"). Plantin explained about the device that "the outer point of the pair of compases … represents work and the centre point constancy" (Davies, Devices, p. 678) -
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: Printer’s device of Crato Mylius (1503-1547) or Krafft Müller (German form of his name), designed by Heinrich Vogtherr, the Elder. The lion symbolizes strength, as does Samson (shown on the shield with the jawbone of an ass), and the pillar, fortitude--obvious allusions to his first name (Ger. Kr... -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Printer's device for Denys Roce (fl. 1490-1517)
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