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Historiated title page of Karlstadt's treatise on canonical books

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A woodcut border on the title page of Karlstadt's treatise on which books should be considered canonical alongside the Bible. The border is made up of four separate woodcuts, all with unique floral designs.

Date Issued or Published
1521
Subject - Topic/Names
Decoration and ornament
Plants in art
Subject - Time Period
Sixteenth century
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Title
Historiated title page of Karlstadt's treatise on canonical books
Date Issued or Published
1521
Description
A woodcut border on the title page of Karlstadt's treatise on which books should be considered canonical alongside the Bible. The border is made up of four separate woodcuts, all with unique floral designs.
Publisher
Petri, Adam, 1454-1527
Place of Publication
Basel (Switzerland)
Contributor
Karlstadt, Andreas Rudolff-Bodenstein von, 1486-1541
Primary Language
German
Subject - Topic/Names
Decoration and ornament
Plants in art
Subject - Time Period
Sixteenth century
Extent/Dimensions
21 cm (approx.)
Content Type
Still image
Content Genre
woodcuts (prints)
Format
Quarto
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This work is part of the Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection.
Source
WElche [sic] bücher heilig vn[d] Biblisch seind : Disz büchlin leret vnderscheid zwüschen Biblischen büchern vnd vnbiblischen, darinnen vil geirret haben, vnd noch irren : Darzuo weiset das büchlin welche bücher in der Biblien erstlich seind zu[o]lesen
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1521 KARL J
Rights Statement
The online edition of this work in the public domain, i.e. not protected by copyright, has been produced by Pitts Theology Library.
NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
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Emory University
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Pitts Theology Library
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