The Eighth Commandment
A woodcut depicting a trial with a judge, a woman kneeling (the accused), and a man delivering a (presumably false) witness statement, representing a violation of the Eighth Commandment (in the Lutheran tradition), "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor."
Petri, Adam, 1454-1535
Basel (Switzerland)
Luther, Martin, 1483-1546
Ten commandments
Sin
False testimony
Law
Justice
Trials
Sixteenth century
Exodus 20
Deuteronomy 5
1 image
Still image
woodcuts (prints)
This work is part of the Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection.
1520 LUTH GGG
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