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Subject Death
  • An engraving depicting the execution of David and Levina. The image shows Levina and David having been strangled and burned at the stake, and a man stabbing David to make sure he is dead.
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    David et Levina etranglez et brulez à Gand, A. 1554

    Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
    An engraving depicting the execution of David and Levina. The image shows Levina and David having been strangled and burned at the stake, and a man stabbing David to make sure he is dead.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1685
    1698
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An engraving depicting the execution of David and Levina. The image shows Levina and David having been strangled and burned at the stake, and a man stabbing David to make sure he is dead.
  • A woodcut depicting a band of skeletons playing musical instruments in a cemetery. The woodcut is accompanied by verses from Revelations 8 and Genesis 7 translated into French (top) and then reformatted into verse (bottom).
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    Death in the Cemetery

    Holbein, Hans, 1497-1543
    A woodcut depicting a band of skeletons playing musical instruments in a cemetery. The woodcut is accompanied by verses from Revelations 8 and Genesis 7 translated into French (top) and then reformatted into verse (bottom).
    Subject - Time Period
    Sixteenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1547
    Collection
    Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    A woodcut depicting a band of skeletons playing musical instruments in a cemetery. The woodcut is accompanied by verses from Revelations 8 and Genesis 7 translated into French (top) and then reformatted into verse (bottom).
  • Summary: In this "New Year's Wish," Hans Sachs considers the problem of a man facing death. He calls first upon his physical attributes--youth, beauty, strenght, etc,--but finds they cannot help him. It is the spiritual factors of Sorrow, Confession, Pepentance, Hope, Faith and above all Love, that give him good counsel and rouse him from the dream of Death. This is the second printing of the revised version.
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    Der Todt ein Endt, aller Yrdischen ding

    Sachs, Hans, 1494-1576
    Summary: In this "New Year's Wish," Hans Sachs considers the problem of a man facing death. He calls first upon his physical attributes--youth, beauty, strenght, etc,--but finds they cannot help him. It is the spiritual factors of Sorrow, Confession, Pepentance, Hope, Faith and above all Love, that give him good counsel and rouse him from the dream of Death. This is the second printing of the revised version.
    Subject - Time Period
    Sixteenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1554
    Collection
    Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    Summary: In this "New Year's Wish," Hans Sachs considers the problem of a man facing death. He calls first upon his physical attributes--youth, beauty, strenght, etc,--but finds they cannot help him. It is the spiritual factors of Sorrow, Confession, Pepentance, Hope, Faith and above all Love, that give him good counsel and rouse him from the dream of Death. This is the second printing of the revised version.
  • An engraving depicting the execution of two young women. The image shows the young women, with crowns of straw on their heads, being led towards a stake being prepared in the background.
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    Deux Jeunes Filles tuées dans l'Evêché de Bamberg environ l'An 1550

    Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
    An engraving depicting the execution of two young women. The image shows the young women, with crowns of straw on their heads, being led towards a stake being prepared in the background.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1685
    1698
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An engraving depicting the execution of two young women. The image shows the young women, with crowns of straw on their heads, being led towards a stake being prepared in the background.
  • An engraving depicting the public execution of a dozen people. The image shows a card of people being brought to an execution platforms where several have already been bound to stakes which are being prepared to be burned.
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    Douze persones decapitées et brulées à Deventer, A. 1571

    Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
    An engraving depicting the public execution of a dozen people. The image shows a card of people being brought to an execution platforms where several have already been bound to stakes which are being prepared to be burned.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1685
    1698
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An engraving depicting the public execution of a dozen people. The image shows a card of people being brought to an execution platforms where several have already been bound to stakes which are being prepared to be burned.
  • An engraving depicting the execution of Fra. Dolcino and his wife (co-preacher or concubine), Margaret of Trent. The image shows Dolcino being cut to pieces by two men while another two grab at Margaret and a fire is prepared in the background.
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    Dulcin avec sa femme déchurez par piéces et brulez à Novare, A. 1308

    Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
    An engraving depicting the execution of Fra. Dolcino and his wife (co-preacher or concubine), Margaret of Trent. The image shows Dolcino being cut to pieces by two men while another two grab at Margaret and a fire is prepared in the background.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1685
    1698
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An engraving depicting the execution of Fra. Dolcino and his wife (co-preacher or concubine), Margaret of Trent. The image shows Dolcino being cut to pieces by two men while another two grab at Margaret and a fire is prepared in the background.
  • Summary: Sermon prepared at the request of Spalatin for M. Schart on worthy preparation for death, but never preached.
    Text

    Ein nützlich vnd fast tröstlich predig, oder vnderrichtung, : wie sich ein Christen mensch mit freüdenn bereyten sol zü sterbenn

    Luther, Martin, 1483-1546
    Summary: Sermon prepared at the request of Spalatin for M. Schart on worthy preparation for death, but never preached.
    Subject - Time Period
    Sixteenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1523
    Collection
    Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    Summary: Sermon prepared at the request of Spalatin for M. Schart on worthy preparation for death, but never preached.
  • An engraving depicting the execution and torture of some 350 people in Alzey on the orders of the Holy Roman Emperor. The image shows a man having his fingers removed with a chisel (right), a man being blindfolded in preparation for beheading (center), and a bound man with a cross burned onto his forehead (left).
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    Environ 350 Personnes tuées près d'Altzey par par ordre de l'Empereur, A. 1529

    Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
    An engraving depicting the execution and torture of some 350 people in Alzey on the orders of the Holy Roman Emperor. The image shows a man having his fingers removed with a chisel (right), a man being blindfolded in preparation for beheading (center), and a bound man with a cross burned onto his forehead (left).
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1685
    1698
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An engraving depicting the execution and torture of some 350 people in Alzey on the orders of the Holy Roman Emperor. The image shows a man having his fingers removed with a chisel (right), a man being blindfolded in preparation for beheading (center), and a bound man with a cross burned onto his forehead (left).
  • An engraving depicting the burning of eighty Waldensians in Strasbourg. The image shows a number of individuals already tied to stakes (right) while others are being prepared to be led to the pyres (left).
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    Environ 80 Vaudois brulez à Strasbourg, A. 1215

    Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
    An engraving depicting the burning of eighty Waldensians in Strasbourg. The image shows a number of individuals already tied to stakes (right) while others are being prepared to be led to the pyres (left).
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1685
    1698
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An engraving depicting the burning of eighty Waldensians in Strasbourg. The image shows a number of individuals already tied to stakes (right) while others are being prepared to be led to the pyres (left).
  • An epitaph written for Dr. Dodd by John Wesley.
    Text

    Epitaph on Dr. Dodd by John Wesley

    An epitaph written for Dr. Dodd by John Wesley.
    Subject - Time Period
    Eighteenth century
    Date Created
    1720/1791
    Collection
    John Wesley papers
    Copyright
    IN COPYRIGHT
    An epitaph written for Dr. Dodd by John Wesley.
  • A woodcut depicting Adam and Eve being driven from the garden of Eden by an angel. The woodcut is accompanied by a verse from Genesis 3 translated into French (top) and then reformatted into verse (bottom).
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    Expulsion from the Garden of Eden

    Holbein, Hans, 1497-1543
    A woodcut depicting Adam and Eve being driven from the garden of Eden by an angel. The woodcut is accompanied by a verse from Genesis 3 translated into French (top) and then reformatted into verse (bottom).
    Subject - Time Period
    Sixteenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1547
    Collection
    Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    A woodcut depicting Adam and Eve being driven from the garden of Eden by an angel. The woodcut is accompanied by a verse from Genesis 3 translated into French (top) and then reformatted into verse (bottom).
  • An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Felicity. The image shows Felicity being approached by a guard holding a set of keys, her hands clasped in prayer and chained to the prison wall by her neck. According to tradition, Felicity was martyred alongside Saint Perpetua, was an enslaved woman, and was pregnant at the time.
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    Felicitas, de Tuburbi en Mauritanie, mise, à mort A. 201

    Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
    An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Felicity. The image shows Felicity being approached by a guard holding a set of keys, her hands clasped in prayer and chained to the prison wall by her neck. According to tradition, Felicity was martyred alongside Saint Perpetua, was an enslaved woman, and was pregnant at the time.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1685
    1698
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Felicity. The image shows Felicity being approached by a guard holding a set of keys, her hands clasped in prayer and chained to the prison wall by her neck. According to tradition, Felicity was martyred alongside Saint Perpetua, was an enslaved woman, and was pregnant at the time.
  • An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Felicitas and her seven sons. The image shows five of the seven sons already dead, with one beheaded and another kneeling as the executioner prepares to behead him (left). On the right, Felicitas watches with her final son bound behind her (left).
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    Felicitas, mise à mort avec ses 7 fils à Rome, A. 164

    Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
    An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Felicitas and her seven sons. The image shows five of the seven sons already dead, with one beheaded and another kneeling as the executioner prepares to behead him (left). On the right, Felicitas watches with her final son bound behind her (left).
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1685
    1698
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Felicitas and her seven sons. The image shows five of the seven sons already dead, with one beheaded and another kneeling as the executioner prepares to behead him (left). On the right, Felicitas watches with her final son bound behind her (left).
  • A woodcut depicting the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: the first, a conquerer with a crown and bow, the second, with a sword, tasked with taking peace from the earth, the third holding scales, and the fourth, Death itself. The image appears in the September Testament, Martin Luther's first printing of his German New Testament.
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    Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

    Cranach, Lucas, 1472-1553
    A woodcut depicting the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: the first, a conquerer with a crown and bow, the second, with a sword, tasked with taking peace from the earth, the third holding scales, and the fourth, Death itself. 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 the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: the first, a conquerer with a crown and bow, the second, with a sword, tasked with taking peace from the earth, the third holding scales, and the fourth, Death itself. The image appears in the September Testament, Martin Luther's first printing of his German New Testament.
  • An engraving depicting a number of Waldensians and Albigenses, called "Publicans," being burned. The image shows a bound man being pushed into a bonfire, where several others have already been thrown, as a bishop and priest watch.
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    Grand nombre de Chrétiens brulez sous le nom de Publicains en France et en Angleterre, A. 1182

    Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
    An engraving depicting a number of Waldensians and Albigenses, called "Publicans," being burned. The image shows a bound man being pushed into a bonfire, where several others have already been thrown, as a bishop and priest watch.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1685
    1698
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An engraving depicting a number of Waldensians and Albigenses, called "Publicans," being burned. The image shows a bound man being pushed into a bonfire, where several others have already been thrown, as a bishop and priest watch.
  • An engraving depicting the execution of Willem Janss. The image shows Janss stepping up onto a bundle of wood beside a post as a monk and crowd watch.
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    Guillaume Iansz, de Durgerdam, brulé à Amsterdam, A. 1569

    Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
    An engraving depicting the execution of Willem Janss. The image shows Janss stepping up onto a bundle of wood beside a post as a monk and crowd watch.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1685
    1698
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An engraving depicting the execution of Willem Janss. The image shows Janss stepping up onto a bundle of wood beside a post as a monk and crowd watch.
  • An engraving depicting the execution of William White, a preacher and accused heretic. The image shows william standing before the stake he is to be burned at, while a bishop oversees the proceedings.
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    Guillaume White, Prêtre en Angleterre brulé comme héretique à Nordwich, A. 1428

    Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
    An engraving depicting the execution of William White, a preacher and accused heretic. The image shows william standing before the stake he is to be burned at, while a bishop oversees the proceedings.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1685
    1698
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An engraving depicting the execution of William White, a preacher and accused heretic. The image shows william standing before the stake he is to be burned at, while a bishop oversees the proceedings.
  • An engraving depicting the execution of Heyndrick Eemkens. The image shows Eemkens bound by his neck to a post (right) and his executioner holding out a burning bundle of straw laced with gunpowder towards him.
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    Henri Eemkens, brulé à Utrecht, A. 1562

    Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
    An engraving depicting the execution of Heyndrick Eemkens. The image shows Eemkens bound by his neck to a post (right) and his executioner holding out a burning bundle of straw laced with gunpowder towards him.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1685
    1698
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An engraving depicting the execution of Heyndrick Eemkens. The image shows Eemkens bound by his neck to a post (right) and his executioner holding out a burning bundle of straw laced with gunpowder towards him.
  • An engraving depicting the execution of Hendrick Pruyt. The image shows Pruyt siting in his boat which has been set aflame.
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    Henri Pruyt, garotté dans son bateau, et brulé avec lui hors de Worcom, A. 1574

    Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
    An engraving depicting the execution of Hendrick Pruyt. The image shows Pruyt siting in his boat which has been set aflame.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1685
    1698
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An engraving depicting the execution of Hendrick Pruyt. The image shows Pruyt siting in his boat which has been set aflame.
  • An engraving depicting the executin of Hendrick Sumer and Jacob Mandel. The image shows Mandel's body laid out before Sumer in an attempt to convince him to recant.
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    Henri Sumer et Iacob Mandel noyez à Baden, A. 1582

    Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
    An engraving depicting the executin of Hendrick Sumer and Jacob Mandel. The image shows Mandel's body laid out before Sumer in an attempt to convince him to recant.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1685
    1698
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An engraving depicting the executin of Hendrick Sumer and Jacob Mandel. The image shows Mandel's body laid out before Sumer in an attempt to convince him to recant.
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