Architectural historiated title page of Philippi Melanchthonis Sermo habitus apud iuuentute[m] Academiae Vuittenberg. ; De corrigendis adulescentiae studijs. Rodolphus Agricola Phrisius de studiorum omnium colluuie, uidelicet Iuris, Medicinae, Physices, & Theologicae
An architectural historiated woodcut border on the title page of the second printing of Philip Melanchthon's inagural address to the Wittenberg faculty. The border features the printer's device of Johann Froben, a shield with a caduceus, surrounded by a wreath. At the bottom is a scene of Salome requesting, and recieving, the head of John the Baptist.
Froben, Johann, 1460?-1527
Basel (Switzerland)
Melanchthon, Philip, 1497-1560
Agricola, Rodolphus, 1443?-1485
Latin
Printers' marks
Printing
Wreaths
Wreaths in art
Cherubs (Art)
Beheading
Salome (Biblical figure)
John, the Baptist, Saint
Sixteenth century
21 cm (approx.)
Still image
woodcuts (prints)
This work is a part of the Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection.
Philippi Melanchthonis Sermo habitus apud iuuentute[m] Academiae Vuittenberg. ; De corrigendis adulescentiae studijs. Rodolphus Agricola Phrisius de studiorum omnium colluuie, uidelicet Iuris, Medicinae, Physices, & Theologicae (Library Search)
1519 MELA B
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