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A woodcut depicting the dedication or consecration of a church. A bishop, aided by assistants, sprinkles holy water across an altar to bless it, using a hyssop branch. The scene is flanked by a pair of cherubs supporting fruit trees. The woodcut is reused throughout the work.

A woodcut depicting the dedication or consecration of a church. A bishop, aided by assistants, sprinkles holy water across an altar to bless it, using a hyssop branch. The scene is flanked by a pair of cherubs supporting fruit trees. The woodcut is reused throughout the work.

A woodcut depicting the dedication or consecration of a church. A bishop, aided by assistants, swings a censer across an altar, consecrating it with incense. The scene is flanked by a pair of cherubs supporting fruit trees. The woodcut is reused throughout the work.

A woodcut depicting the dedication or consecration of a church. A bishop, aided by assistants, swings a censer across an altar, consecrating it with incense. The scene is flanked by a pair of cherubs supporting fruit trees. The woodcut is reused throughout the work.

The dedication page of Diego de Saavedra Fajardo's Obras de Don Diego de Saauedra Faxardo Cavallero del Orden de S. Iago, del Consejo de su Magestad en el Supremo de las Indias, y su Embajador plenipotençiario en los treze cantones, &c. : en dos tomos divididas, el primero contiene I. Idea de un principe politico christiano, representada en cien Empresas, honoring Aubertus van den Eede, the Bishop of Antwerp. The bishop's coat of arms is included at the top of the page, featuring a quartered crest and topped with a galero.

The dedication page of Diego de Saavedra Fajardo's Obras de Don Diego de Saauedra Faxardo Cavallero del Orden de S. Iago, del Consejo de su Magestad en el Supremo de las Indias, y su Embajador plenipotençiario en los treze cantones, &c. : en dos tomos divididas, el primero contiene I. Idea de un principe politico christiano, representada en cien Empresas, honoring Aubertus van den Eede, the Bishop of Antwerp. The bishop's coat of arms is included at the top of the page, featuring a quartered crest and topped with a galero.

A photograph of the members of the Carrollton First Methodist Church in dedication.

A photograph of the members of the Carrollton First Methodist Church in dedication.

A sermon given by Dr. W. P. King of the Corra Harris Chapel Church that includes details behind the name of the church.

A sermon given by Dr. W. P. King of the Corra Harris Chapel Church that includes details behind the name of the church.

An engraved dedicatory headpiece to a collection of engravings based on the work of Raphael. The engraving depicts a pair of columns, one with a man's head crowned in laurels and the other with a bearded man's head, (sides) and a pair of lions standing above orbs and flanking a trio of feathers and a wreath (top).

An engraved dedicatory headpiece to a collection of engravings based on the work of Raphael. The engraving depicts a pair of columns, one with a man's head crowned in laurels and the other with a bearded man's head, (sides) and a pair of lions standing above orbs and flanking a trio of feathers and a wreath (top).

An indenture (deed) document affirming the gift of land from Louise Spann and Thomas J. Dean to Cleonda Dean.

An indenture (deed) document affirming the gift of land from Louise Spann and Thomas J. Dean to Cleonda Dean.

An indenture (deed) document affirming the purchase of land from the Madison County Board of Education by the trustees of Jones Chapel and New Hope Church.

An indenture (deed) document affirming the purchase of land from the Madison County Board of Education by the trustees of Jones Chapel and New Hope Church.

An indenture (deed) document affirming the purchase of land from the Trustees of Jones Chapel United Methodist Church by the Jones Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Inc.

An indenture (deed) document affirming the purchase of land from the Trustees of Jones Chapel United Methodist Church by the Jones Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Inc.

A brief history of the Standfordville Church including details of the church's deed, services, and building; and a list of the church's pastors.

A brief history of the Standfordville Church including details of the church's deed, services, and building; and a list of the church's pastors.

Summary: Response by Pietro Martire Vermigli, Italian Visitor General of the Augustinian Order, who fled to Switzerland rather than face charges of heresy, to the books of English Catholic, Richard Smith, on celibacy and monastic vows.

Summary: Response by Pietro Martire Vermigli, Italian Visitor General of the Augustinian Order, who fled to Switzerland rather than face charges of heresy, to the books of English Catholic, Richard Smith, on celibacy and monastic vows.

An engraving depicting a Roman triumphal procession passing through a triumphal gate and accross the triumphal bridge (Pons Neronianus/Vaticanus) along the triumphal way (Via Triumphale) across the Tiber River. Above the scene, an angel flies, blowing on a trumpet that is draped with a flag bearing a crest with "S.P.Q.R." on it. The accompanying text discusses sources that claim St. Peter was buried near the Via Triumphale.

An engraving depicting a Roman triumphal procession passing through a triumphal gate and accross the triumphal bridge (Pons Neronianus/Vaticanus) along the triumphal way (Via Triumphale) across the Tiber River. Above the scene, an angel flies, blowing on a trumpet that is draped with a flag bearing a crest with "S.P.Q.R." on it. The accompanying text discusses sources that claim St. Peter was buried near the Via Triumphale.

Summary: A text written against the teachings of Jean Calvin and the Calvinist approach to the Lord's Supper.

Summary: A text written against the teachings of Jean Calvin and the Calvinist approach to the Lord's Supper.

Summary: A tract by Matthias Flacius asserting the real presence of Christ in the eucharist.

Summary: A tract by Matthias Flacius asserting the real presence of Christ in the eucharist.

Illuminated painting depicting the Deposition and Burial. The cross appears in the center of the image with two torches burning behind it. At the foot of the cross, two men carry Jesus' body, which is wrapped in burial clothes.

Illuminated painting depicting the Deposition and Burial. The cross appears in the center of the image with two torches burning behind it. At the foot of the cross, two men carry Jesus' body, which is wrapped in burial clothes.

Summary: Early book on the Ten Commandments and the Seven Deadly Sins by Martin Luther. Originally written in Latin, it is here translated into German by Sebastian Münster, a young Franciscan teacher/scholar, soon to become famous as one of the great Christian Hebraists of his time. This is the first printing of the German translation.

Summary: Early book on the Ten Commandments and the Seven Deadly Sins by Martin Luther. Originally written in Latin, it is here translated into German by Sebastian Münster, a young Franciscan teacher/scholar, soon to become famous as one of the great Christian Hebraists of his time. This is the first printing of the German translation.

A woodcut depicting the "Papal Ass," a monster purported to have been pulled from the Tiber in Rome as a portent of the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church.

A woodcut depicting the "Papal Ass," a monster purported to have been pulled from the Tiber in Rome as a portent of the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church.

Summary: This is the second printing of Luther's exposition of Psalm 147. Text in German includes M. Luther's German translation of Psalms CXLVII from the Hebrew O.T.

Summary: This is the second printing of Luther's exposition of Psalm 147. Text in German includes M. Luther's German translation of Psalms CXLVII from the Hebrew O.T.

Summary: The 1531 revision of Luther's German Psalter was more free and less literal than any of his previous translations. This is the first printing of this third and final edition of the German Psalter. The comittee that assisted Luther in revising this translation finished its work May 15, 1531. Printing was not completed until 1533.

Summary: The 1531 revision of Luther's German Psalter was more free and less literal than any of his previous translations. This is the first printing of this third and final edition of the German Psalter. The comittee that assisted Luther in revising this translation finished its work May 15, 1531. Printing was not completed until 1533.

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