Historiated title page border of Luther's Reason and Answer that Women may leave their Cloisters in a Godly manner
A woodcut border to Luther's Reason and Answer that Women may leave their Cloisters in a Godly manner printed in 1523. The border is composed of a single woodcut depicting a pair of cherubs riding fish or dolphins flanking a face (top), floral ornamentation (sides), and a pair of cherubs accompanied by two sphinxes breastfeeding satyrs (bottom).
Stayner, Heinrich, -1548
Augsburg (Germany)
German
Decoration and ornament
Cherubs (Art)
Fishes
Dolphins
Plants in art
Sphinxes (Mythology)
Satyrs (Greek mythology)
Breastfeeding in art
Sixteenth century
20 cm (approx.)
Still image
woodcuts
Quarto
Historiated title page border of Luther's Acht sermon
Vrsach vnd antwort. das Junckfrawen. Kloster.Götlich verlassen mügen.
1523 LUTH XX
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