Passional Christi und Antichristi
Book
1564 (published)
1564 (published)
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Contains 26 pages with woodcuts after designs by Lucas Cranach.
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| Title | Passional Christi und Antichristi |
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| Brief description | Book, Passional Christi und Antichristi [excerpt from Der [Erste] Theil der Bücher, Schrifften, und Predigten…, ff. 41-57], by Martin Luther, Philip Melanchthon, Johann Schwertfeger, with woodcuts after designs by Lucas Cranach, Eisleben, 1564. |
| Physical description | Contains 26 pages with woodcuts after designs by Lucas Cranach. |
| Gallery label | This reforming treatise, written in German, presented the Pope as the moral opposite of Christ. The pages here contrast Christ ascending to heaven, under the eye of the Virgin and apostles, with the Pope, described as the Antichrist, being hurled into hell by monstrous demons.
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| Library number | 965-1879 |
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| Record created | February 27, 2017 |
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