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  • A depiction of seven notable scholars (real and mythological) from ancient Greece and Rome, including (clockwise from the bottom left): Xenokrates (ΞΕΝΟΚΡΑΤΗς), Pamphilos (ΠΑΜΦΙΛΟς), Machaon (ΜΑΧΑωΝ), Cheiron (ΧΕΙΡωΝ), Nigros or Niger (ΝΙΓΡΟς), [H]erakleides (ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΔΗς), and Mantias (ΜΑΝΤΙΑς).
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    A Gathering of Greco-Roman Scholars

    A depiction of seven notable scholars (real and mythological) from ancient Greece and Rome, including (clockwise from the bottom left): Xenokrates (ΞΕΝΟΚΡΑΤΗς), Pamphilos (ΠΑΜΦΙΛΟς), Machaon (ΜΑΧΑωΝ), Cheiron (ΧΕΙΡωΝ), Nigros or Niger (ΝΙΓΡΟς), [H]erakleides (ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΔΗς), and Mantias (ΜΑΝΤΙΑς).
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1665/1679
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    A depiction of seven notable scholars (real and mythological) from ancient Greece and Rome, including (clockwise from the bottom left): Xenokrates (ΞΕΝΟΚΡΑΤΗς), Pamphilos (ΠΑΜΦΙΛΟς), Machaon (ΜΑΧΑωΝ), Cheiron (ΧΕΙΡωΝ), Nigros or Niger (ΝΙΓΡΟς), [H]erakleides (ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΔΗς), and Mantias (ΜΑΝΤΙΑς).
  • A woodcut decorating the title page of Johan Geiler von Kayersberg's Seelen Paradiss. The woodcut depicts Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden just after having eaten the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. They are shown covering themselves, each holding an apple while God looks on. In the bottom right of the scene, an angel carrying a sword guards the gate to the garden.
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    Adam and Eve after eating from the Tree of Knowledge

    Baldung, Hans, -1545
    A woodcut decorating the title page of Johan Geiler von Kayersberg's Seelen Paradiss. The woodcut depicts Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden just after having eaten the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. They are shown covering themselves, each holding an apple while God looks on. In the bottom right of the scene, an angel carrying a sword guards the gate to the garden.
    Subject - Time Period
    Sixteenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1510
    Collection
    Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    A woodcut decorating the title page of Johan Geiler von Kayersberg's Seelen Paradiss. The woodcut depicts Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden just after having eaten the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. They are shown covering themselves, each holding an apple while God looks on. In the bottom right of the scene, an angel carrying a sword guards the gate to the garden.
  • An engraved portrait of Pope Adrian VI, who sat as pope from 1522-1523. The portrait shows Adrian VI wearing elaborate vestments with his coat of arms featured in the upper left corner. The portrait is labeled "ADRIANVS. VI. PAPA. TRAIECTENSIS. BELGA".
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    Adrianus VI Papa Traiectensis Belga

    Soye, Philippe de
    An engraved portrait of Pope Adrian VI, who sat as pope from 1522-1523. The portrait shows Adrian VI wearing elaborate vestments with his coat of arms featured in the upper left corner. The portrait is labeled "ADRIANVS. VI. PAPA. TRAIECTENSIS. BELGA".
    Subject - Time Period
    Sixteenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1568
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An engraved portrait of Pope Adrian VI, who sat as pope from 1522-1523. The portrait shows Adrian VI wearing elaborate vestments with his coat of arms featured in the upper left corner. The portrait is labeled "ADRIANVS. VI. PAPA. TRAIECTENSIS. BELGA".
  • An engraved portrait of Antipope Alexander V, who was elected by the Council of Pisa during the Western Schism and held the office from 1409-1410. The portrait shows Alexander V wearing a papal miter with his coat of arms featured in the upper left corner. The portrait is labeled "ALEXANDER. V. PAPA. CRETENSIS. GRÆCVS".
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    Alexander V Papa Cretensis Graecus

    Soye, Philippe de
    An engraved portrait of Antipope Alexander V, who was elected by the Council of Pisa during the Western Schism and held the office from 1409-1410. The portrait shows Alexander V wearing a papal miter with his coat of arms featured in the upper left corner. The portrait is labeled "ALEXANDER. V. PAPA. CRETENSIS. GRÆCVS".
    Subject - Time Period
    Sixteenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1568
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An engraved portrait of Antipope Alexander V, who was elected by the Council of Pisa during the Western Schism and held the office from 1409-1410. The portrait shows Alexander V wearing a papal miter with his coat of arms featured in the upper left corner. The portrait is labeled "ALEXANDER. V. PAPA. CRETENSIS. GRÆCVS".
  • An engraved portrait of Pope Alexander VI, who sat as pope from 1492-1503. The portrait shows Alexander VI wearing simple vestments with his coat of arms featured in the upper right corner. The portrait is labeled "ALEXANDER. VI. PAPA. VALENTINVS. HISP".
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    Alexander VI Papa Valentinus Hisp.

    Soye, Philippe de
    An engraved portrait of Pope Alexander VI, who sat as pope from 1492-1503. The portrait shows Alexander VI wearing simple vestments with his coat of arms featured in the upper right corner. The portrait is labeled "ALEXANDER. VI. PAPA. VALENTINVS. HISP".
    Subject - Time Period
    Sixteenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1568
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An engraved portrait of Pope Alexander VI, who sat as pope from 1492-1503. The portrait shows Alexander VI wearing simple vestments with his coat of arms featured in the upper right corner. The portrait is labeled "ALEXANDER. VI. PAPA. VALENTINVS. HISP".
  • A woodcut depicting the bronze laver for priestly washing (top), the altar of burnt offering made of acacia wood with four horns on its four corners (center), and the bronze implements for tending the altar (bottom).
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    Altar of Burnt Offerings and Bronze Laver

    Cranach, Lucas, 1472-1553
    A woodcut depicting the bronze laver for priestly washing (top), the altar of burnt offering made of acacia wood with four horns on its four corners (center), and the bronze implements for tending the altar (bottom).
    Subject - Time Period
    Sixteenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1523
    Collection
    Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    A woodcut depicting the bronze laver for priestly washing (top), the altar of burnt offering made of acacia wood with four horns on its four corners (center), and the bronze implements for tending the altar (bottom).
  • Summary: An appeal by Protestants to William III and Mary II to recognize the grievances of Protestants against Catholicism.
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    An Account of the reasons of the nobility and gentry's invitation of His Highness the Prince of Orange into England : being a memorial from the English Protestants concerning their grievances : with a large account of the birth of the Prince of Wales

    Summary: An appeal by Protestants to William III and Mary II to recognize the grievances of Protestants against Catholicism.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1688
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    Summary: An appeal by Protestants to William III and Mary II to recognize the grievances of Protestants against Catholicism.
  • Additional details: Contains indexes.
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    An exposition of the Thirty-nine articles of the Church of England

    Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715
    Additional details: Contains indexes.
    Subject - Time Period
    Eighteenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1720
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    Additional details: Contains indexes.
  • A woodcut depicting the Ark of the Covanent with its lid decorated with two cherubim, and the Altar of Incense with a chalice of burning incense placed on it.
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    Ark of the Covenant and Altar of Incense

    Cranach, Lucas, 1472-1553
    A woodcut depicting the Ark of the Covanent with its lid decorated with two cherubim, and the Altar of Incense with a chalice of burning incense placed on it.
    Subject - Time Period
    Sixteenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1523
    Collection
    Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    A woodcut depicting the Ark of the Covanent with its lid decorated with two cherubim, and the Altar of Incense with a chalice of burning incense placed on it.
  • Summary: Luther certainly had his problems with printers, as this edition of his "Winter Postil" testifies. Michael Lotter issued this new edition without Luther's approval. The editors took great labors, but found no favor in Wittenberg, and this edition was never reprinted.
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    Auslegung der Episteln vnd Euangelien vom Advent an, bis auff Ostern

    Luther, Martin, 1483-1546
    Summary: Luther certainly had his problems with printers, as this edition of his "Winter Postil" testifies. Michael Lotter issued this new edition without Luther's approval. The editors took great labors, but found no favor in Wittenberg, and this edition was never reprinted.
    Subject - Time Period
    Sixteenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1530
    Collection
    Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    Summary: Luther certainly had his problems with printers, as this edition of his "Winter Postil" testifies. Michael Lotter issued this new edition without Luther's approval. The editors took great labors, but found no favor in Wittenberg, and this edition was never reprinted.
  • Summary: Important description of S. Maria Maggiore in its unaltered Renaissance state, before extensive renovations of Ferdinand Fuga in 1743.
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    Basilicae s. Mariae Maioris de Urbe a Liberio Papa I usque ad Paulum V Pont. Max. descriptio et delinatio

    De Angelis, Paolo, 1580-1647
    Summary: Important description of S. Maria Maggiore in its unaltered Renaissance state, before extensive renovations of Ferdinand Fuga in 1743.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1621
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    Summary: Important description of S. Maria Maggiore in its unaltered Renaissance state, before extensive renovations of Ferdinand Fuga in 1743.
  • Summary:
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    Biblia : das ist: die gantze Heilige Schrifft: Deudsch

    Summary:
    Subject - Time Period
    Sixteenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1555
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    Summary:
  • An engraved portrait of Pope Boniface IX, who sat as pope from 1389-1404. The portrait shows Boniface IX wearing a papal miter with his coat of arms featured in the upper left corner. The portrait is labeled "BONIFACIVS. IX. PAPA. NEAPOLITANVS".
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    Bonifacius IX Papa Neapolitanus

    Soye, Philippe de
    An engraved portrait of Pope Boniface IX, who sat as pope from 1389-1404. The portrait shows Boniface IX wearing a papal miter with his coat of arms featured in the upper left corner. The portrait is labeled "BONIFACIVS. IX. PAPA. NEAPOLITANVS".
    Subject - Time Period
    Sixteenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1568
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An engraved portrait of Pope Boniface IX, who sat as pope from 1389-1404. The portrait shows Boniface IX wearing a papal miter with his coat of arms featured in the upper left corner. The portrait is labeled "BONIFACIVS. IX. PAPA. NEAPOLITANVS".
  • Summary: Johannes Brenz's commentary on the book of Joshua, first published in 1549.
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    Breuis et pia explicatio in librum Josuae

    Brenz, Johannes, 1499-1570
    Summary: Johannes Brenz's commentary on the book of Joshua, first published in 1549.
    Subject - Time Period
    Sixteenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1553
    Collection
    Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    Summary: Johannes Brenz's commentary on the book of Joshua, first published in 1549.
  • An engraved portrait of Pope Callistus III, who sat as pope from 1455-1458. The portrait shows Callistus III wearing elaborate vestments with his coat of arms featured in the upper right corner. The portrait is labeled "CALIXTVS. III. PAPA. VALENTINVS. HISPANVS".
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    Calixtus III Papa Valentinus Hispanus

    Soye, Philippe de
    An engraved portrait of Pope Callistus III, who sat as pope from 1455-1458. The portrait shows Callistus III wearing elaborate vestments with his coat of arms featured in the upper right corner. The portrait is labeled "CALIXTVS. III. PAPA. VALENTINVS. HISPANVS".
    Subject - Time Period
    Sixteenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1568
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An engraved portrait of Pope Callistus III, who sat as pope from 1455-1458. The portrait shows Callistus III wearing elaborate vestments with his coat of arms featured in the upper right corner. The portrait is labeled "CALIXTVS. III. PAPA. VALENTINVS. HISPANVS".
  • Illustrative and decorative content: Woodcut head- and tail-pieces, initials. Contains engravings of church buildings in Catania.
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    Catanense decachordum siue Nouissima sacrae Catan ecclesiae notitia. : Qua tum ecclesiasticae, tum secularis Catanensis politiae status vniuersis scriptorum calamus vel intactus, vel intectus, intentè signatur, intentius propugnatur.

    Grossis, Joannes Baptista de
    Illustrative and decorative content: Woodcut head- and tail-pieces, initials. Contains engravings of church buildings in Catania.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1642/1647
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    Illustrative and decorative content: Woodcut head- and tail-pieces, initials. Contains engravings of church buildings in Catania.
  • A woodcut depicting Saint John the Apostle's vision from the first chapter of Revelations of a Christ with flaming eyes, surrounded by seven candlesticks and holding seven stars, with a sword emerging from his mouth. The image appears in the September Testament, Martin Luther's first printing of his German New Testament.
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    Christ in Glory

    Cranach, Lucas, 1472-1553
    A woodcut depicting Saint John the Apostle's vision from the first chapter of Revelations of a Christ with flaming eyes, surrounded by seven candlesticks and holding seven stars, with a sword emerging from his mouth. The image appears in the September Testament, Martin Luther's first printing of his German New Testament.
    Subject - Time Period
    Sixteenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1522
    Collection
    Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    A woodcut depicting Saint John the Apostle's vision from the first chapter of Revelations of a Christ with flaming eyes, surrounded by seven candlesticks and holding seven stars, with a sword emerging from his mouth. The image appears in the September Testament, Martin Luther's first printing of his German New Testament.
  • Summary: A significant treatise on predestination. Johann Eck expounds a view of free will and merit, which was soon to come under attack by Martin Luther and other Protestants.
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    Chrysopassus

    Eck, Johann, 1486-1543
    Summary: A significant treatise on predestination. Johann Eck expounds a view of free will and merit, which was soon to come under attack by Martin Luther and other Protestants.
    Subject - Time Period
    Sixteenth century
    Date Created
    1514
    Collection
    Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    Summary: A significant treatise on predestination. Johann Eck expounds a view of free will and merit, which was soon to come under attack by Martin Luther and other Protestants.
  • An engraved portrait of Pope Clement VII, who sat as pope from 1523-1534. The portrait shows Clement VII wearing a simple miter and vestments with his coat of arms featured in the upper right corner. The portrait is labeled "CLEMENS. VII. PAPA. FLORENTINVS".
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    Clemens VII Papa Florentinus

    Soye, Philippe de
    An engraved portrait of Pope Clement VII, who sat as pope from 1523-1534. The portrait shows Clement VII wearing a simple miter and vestments with his coat of arms featured in the upper right corner. The portrait is labeled "CLEMENS. VII. PAPA. FLORENTINVS".
    Subject - Time Period
    Sixteenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1568
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An engraved portrait of Pope Clement VII, who sat as pope from 1523-1534. The portrait shows Clement VII wearing a simple miter and vestments with his coat of arms featured in the upper right corner. The portrait is labeled "CLEMENS. VII. PAPA. FLORENTINVS".
  • A woodcut version of Johann Reuchlin's coat of arms, featured on the title page of his work De arte cabalistica. The coat of arms includes a shield featuring an altar inscribed with "ARACAPNIONIS" (Ara Capnionis, the "altar of Capnion [Reuchlin]"), topped with burning coals, and encircled with three twisted ropes or garlands. Set atop the shield is a helmet with a cross inscribed on the neck, crowned with another three twisted ropes or garlands and a quartered wheel. Surrounding both helmet and shield are stylized vegitation.
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    Coat of Arms of Johann Reuchlin

    A woodcut version of Johann Reuchlin's coat of arms, featured on the title page of his work De arte cabalistica. The coat of arms includes a shield featuring an altar inscribed with "ARACAPNIONIS" (Ara Capnionis, the "altar of Capnion [Reuchlin]"), topped with burning coals, and encircled with three twisted ropes or garlands. Set atop the shield is a helmet with a cross inscribed on the neck, crowned with another three twisted ropes or garlands and a quartered wheel. Surrounding both helmet and shield are stylized vegitation.
    Subject - Time Period
    Sixteenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1517
    Collection
    Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    A woodcut version of Johann Reuchlin's coat of arms, featured on the title page of his work De arte cabalistica. The coat of arms includes a shield featuring an altar inscribed with "ARACAPNIONIS" (Ara Capnionis, the "altar of Capnion [Reuchlin]"), topped with burning coals, and encircled with three twisted ropes or garlands. Set atop the shield is a helmet with a cross inscribed on the neck, crowned with another three twisted ropes or garlands and a quartered wheel. Surrounding both helmet and shield are stylized vegitation.
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