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Engravings from the Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection
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Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: With the jawbone of an ass Samson slays Philistine soldiers. After tying torches to the tails of foxes, Samson releases them into Philistine grain fields. -
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: Samson tears off the city gates of Gaza and carried them away on his back. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This historiated title-page border shows Samson slaying a lion and has its roots in Albrecht Dürer’s woodcut "Simsons Kampf mit dem Löwen." -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Historiated title-page border This engraving of the 'Judgment of Paris' shows the sleeping prince (Paris) being awakened by Hermes (with the golden apple) so that he can choose the most beautiful of the three goddesses. Lucas Cranach, the Elder, painted this scene, and this engraving itself has ...