Color historiated woodcut title page of Auff das Vermeint Keiserlich Edict : Ausgangen jm 1531 jare nach dem Reichs tage des 1530 Jars. Glosa
A historiated woodcut border of Martin Luther's Auff das Vermeint Keiserlich Edict : Ausgangen jm 1531 jare nach dem Reichs tage des 1530 Jars. Glosa. The scenes are hand colored in greens and reds. At the top and bottom are scenes of a party with musicians and couples dancing at the bottom and a noble couple seated at a table being served a meal. The sides depict the the decapitation of John the Baptist, with Salome depicted on the left holding the severed head on a platter.
Schirlentz, Nickel
Wittenberg (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)
Luther, Martin, 1483-1546
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558
Holy Roman Empire. Reichstag (1530 : Augsburg, Germany)
German
Dance in art
Dance
Dinners and dining
Beheading
Salome (Biblical figure)
John, Saint, the Baptist
Sixteenth century
18 cm (approx.)
Still image
woodcuts (prints)
This work is a part of the Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection.
Auff das Vermeint Keiserlich Edict : Ausgangen jm 1531 jare nach dem Reichs tage des 1530 Jars. Glosa (Library Search)
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