Lazarus Schürer (fl. 1519-1521) was the printer for this edition of Erasmus’ Latin collection of similitudes and comparisons, metaphors, allusions, and poetical and biblical allegories. The device derives from that used by Matthias Schürer (fl. ca. 1508-1520) and may have been designed by Hans Wechtelin on the basis of Albrecht Dürer’s work. Schürer’s name is abbreviated at the bottom of the woodcut, above which is the favorite notched shield (the notch is usually on the other side) and above it the helmet and crest. The use of a sheaf of grain on shield and crest may allude to the printer’s name (modern German scheren = “to shear” [a sheep]), a favorite practice among designers of such devices
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