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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: Joshua and the Israelite soldiers hang with rope from a tree the five kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish and Eglon. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving illustrates a queen travelling with her ladies-in-waiting and attendant men and soldiers -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This historiated title-page border features the arms of the city of Wittenberg at the head and the crest of the printer (Melchoir Lotter, the Younger) at the foot. It has been attributed to Lucas Cranach, the Elder -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This historiated title-page border illustrates either the printer's carelessness or his playfulness with its upside-down placement of the left panel -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The soldiers of Israel battle those of Amalek, as Moses stands nearby with Aaron and Hur holding his arms aloft. The troops of both nations fight in heavy armor and with swords, lances, and pikes. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The Apostle Bartholomew stands with book and knife in hand, while in the background is depicted his own martyrdom. The monogram of the artist, Virgil Solis (1514-1562), is in the clouds at the upper right. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The Apostle Matthew stands with a builder's square in hand, while in the background is depicted his own martyrdom by decapitation. The monogram of the artist, Virgil Solis (1514-1562), is on the tree limb at the upper right. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This hand-colored, historiated title-page border includes four male figures, two with armor