Cranach, Hans, -1537 Luther, Martin, 1483-1546 Melanchthon, Philip, 1497-1560 Schwertfeger, Johann. Cranach, Lucas, 1472-1553 Rhau-Grunenberg, Johann, active 1508-1525 printer Hoe, Robert, 1839-1909 former owner Hodgkin, John Eliot, former owner Bedford, Francis, 1799-1883 binder Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) Martin Luther Collection (Library of Congress) text text gw 1521 monographic Wittenberg Johann Rhau Grunenberg 1521] ger

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[28] p. : chiefly ill. (woodcuts) ; 19 cm. (4to) Scenes depicted in 26 woodcut illustrations on opposite pages from the life of Christ parodied in contrast to the pope's life and government. The latter are followed by quotations from the canon law, the former by quotations chosen chiefly from the Gospels. The selection of these quotations was presumably begun by Luther and continued by Melanchthon assisted by Schwertfeger. Cf. Luther. Werke. Kritische Gesammtausgabe, v. 9 (1893), p. 689-690. Woodcuts attributed to Hans Cranach, formerly attributed to Lucas Cranach. Cf. Rosenwald. Imprint from Benzing. Signatures: A-B⁴ C⁶. Title within ornamental woodcut border. LC copy has woodcut on verso of leaf B2 of Jesus bearing the cross. DLC Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website. LC copy in special binding by F. Bedford. Has book label on front paste-down of Robert Hoe. DLC e-gx--- Jesus Christ Art Early works to 1800 Antichrist Early works to 1800 Papacy Early works to 1800 Wood engraving, German 16th century Illustrated books History 15th and 16th centuries Germany Saxony-Anhalt Wittenberg NE1205 .C7 1521 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/Rosenwald.0647 L 5587, L 5586 1017, 1015 647 460 6 24013891 ltf91085866 aacr dcrb DLC 840313 20250608015357.2 7793187 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208)