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An initial letter "G" featuring the Virgin Mary being crowned by Christ enthroned.

An initial letter "S" featuring the Vigin Mary supporting the infant Jesus Christ atop an altar while another figure approaches. This is possibly a depiction of the circumcision of Jesus. A lion (upper left) and pelican (lower right) are depicted in the margins outside the initial.

An initial letter "M" printed in red ink.

A medallion featuring the Agnus Dei (Lamb of God) with a cross banner.

An initial letter "T" featuring an angel halting Abraham's blade as he prepares to sacrifice his son, Isaac, upon an altar as a ram watches.

A woodcut of Christ crucified with the Virgin Mary (left) and John the Evangelist (right). A skull sits at the base of the cross and the inscription INRI appears above it.

An initial letter "P" featuring a trio of angels.

An initial letter "T" featuring a pair of angels descending from heaven on a ladder above the kneeling figure of Jacob.

An initial letter "D" featuring Jesus holding a chalice and collecting the blood pouring from the spear wound on his side. The wounds from the nails used to pin him to the cross are visible on his hands and feet.

An initial letter "C" featuring an elaborate ciborium.

An initial letter "B" featuring the Trinity, with the Holy Spirit as a dove and both God and Christ holding an orbis cruciger.

An initial letter "S" featuring the Holy Spirit appearing to the Apostles and the Virgin Mary.

An initial letter "V" or "U" featuring the ascension of Jesus Christ before the Apostles and the Virgin Mary.

An initial letter "R" featuring Jesus rising from his tomb and holding a standard bearing the cross.

An initial letter "D" featuring Jesus entering Jerusalem on the back of a donkey.

An initial letter "E" featuring the Three Wise Men presenting gifts to Jesus who sits in the lap of Mary.

An initial letter "P" featuring Christ in the manger before the Virgin Mary and Jospeh.

An initial letter "A" featuring a kneeling man holding a harp and looking up at God.

A woodcut showing Holy Roman Emperor Henry II and Cunigunde of Luxembourg holding up a model of the Bamberg Cathedral (left) and the coat of arms of Georg Schenk von Limpurg (right).

Summary: Missal for the diocese of Bamberg, printed at the request of Bishop Georg Schenk von Limpurg (1470-1522).

The journal of the Georgia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church from it's reorganization as the Georgia Mission Conference in 1867 through the split of the Georgia and Savannah Conferences in 1897.