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  • A woodcut depicting the Monk-Calf of Freyberg, which was born with a tonsure-like irregularity on its head, resembling the common hairstyle of a Catholic monk.
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    Das Munchkalb zu Freyberg

    A woodcut depicting the Monk-Calf of Freyberg, which was born with a tonsure-like irregularity on its head, resembling the common hairstyle of a Catholic monk.
    Date Issued or Published
    1523
    Collection
    Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    A woodcut depicting the Monk-Calf of Freyberg, which was born with a tonsure-like irregularity on its head, resembling the common hairstyle of a Catholic monk.
  • 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.
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    Der Bapstesel zu Rom

    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.
    Date Issued or Published
    1523
    Collection
    Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    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 two boys, one born with four [feet] and one born without hands or eyes and the lower body of a fish. These beings are described in the text as being portents of the coming of Islam, implying that Islam was a danger to Christians.
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    Monstrous Portents of Islam

    A woodcut depicting two boys, one born with four [feet] and one born without hands or eyes and the lower body of a fish. These beings are described in the text as being portents of the coming of Islam, implying that Islam was a danger to Christians.
    Date Issued or Published
    1583
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    A woodcut depicting two boys, one born with four [feet] and one born without hands or eyes and the lower body of a fish. These beings are described in the text as being portents of the coming of Islam, implying that Islam was a danger to Christians.
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