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Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library 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... -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: As Mary prays, the archangel Gabriel appears and the Holy Spirit descends on her in the form of a dove -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Mary greets her kinswoman Elizabeth -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library 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. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library 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... -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library 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 ... -
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: The Virgin Mary visits her kinswoman Elizabeth -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library 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