Von dem falschen Blut vnd Abgott im Thum zu Schwerin. : mit einer schönen Vorrede

Faber, Aegidius, approximately 1490-1558

Summary: A. Faber was a Lutheran pastor in Schwerin when he wrote this book in 1533 against the false "blood of Christ" and the "idol" (i.e., the shrine in which the blood was kept) in the Cathedral at Schwerin. Such Holy blood miracles made for exceedingly popular pilgrimage sites in pre-Reformation Germany.
Signatures: A-G4; [A] unsigned, A1b, G4b blank.
Illustrative and Decorative Content: Title within engraved, historiated, woodcut border (beheading of John the Baptist at sides).

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