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Woodcuts of Christ’s Life

Woodcuts depicting scenes from the life of Christ, emphasizing significant events and interactions, rendered in a detailed and historical style.

ST SEBASTIAN Christian martyr Date: - circa 288
ST SEBASTIAN Christian martyr Date: - circa 288
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Monks' and priests' hunt, devils driving the un-Christian monks and priests to hell, satirical pamphlet from the 16th century
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Digitally restored, Der Tod bringt Moenche und Priester, Illustration aus dem Berner Totentanz von Nikolaus Manuel German, Veroeffentlichung aus dem Jahr 1882, Digitally improved:, The death brings monks and priests, illustration from the Bernese Totentanz by Nikolaus Manuel German, publication from the year 1882
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De mundi sphaera (On the Heavenly Spheres) by Orontius, Oronce Fine. Paris, 1542. shows the author (Orontius) holding an astrolabe as he sits next to the muse of astronomy (ìUraniaî) and below a depiction of the heavenly spheres.
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Astrologers preparing a horoscope, 1617-1619. Artist: Unknown
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Witches start a fire, lacking any social conscience Date: 1626
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Martin Luther praying in preparation for the meeting with the emperor and the empire, chamber, kneeling, window, ornaments, 16th century, historical illustration c. 1860
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Luther, Martin (14831546). 1545. Surviving together within the “Sammelband” into which they were bound for their original owner, these four texts relate to the Council of Trent and the Diet of Worms, 1544-1545.
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BIBLIA DE ALBA-SANSON DERRIBA EL TEMPLO DE GAZA. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Ulrich Molitor ( c. 1442, died 1507) legal scholar. He wrote an early treatise on witchcraft, De Lamiis et Pythonicis Mulieribus (Of Witches and Diviner Women), published in 1489
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The mocking song on the interim, Latin mittlerweile, is the name for a provisional settlement of ecclesiastical or political circumstances, digital improved reproduction of an original print from 1880
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Engraving depicting Peter the Hermit presenting Pope Urban II with a petition from Simeon Patriarch of Jerusalem, on his return from a pilgrimaged to the Holy Land in 1094. Dated 14th century
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El tesoro spiritual en lengua de Mechuacan; en 1558 by Mathurin Gilberti (1507 - 1585). Gilberti was a Franciscan missionary; known for his work as a linguist the Purepecha or Tarascan.
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Beliefs and superstitions, 1493 (1849).Artist: A Bisson
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Edmund the Martyr's shrine at the Abbey at Bury St Edmunds
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witches, a witch bewitching a man, woodcut, ""Tractatus de lamiis et phitonicis mulieribus"" (""Of Witches and Diviner Women"") by Ulrich Molitor, Ulm, 1489,
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Black and White Illustration; King Henry III of England carrying the Holy Blood
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The Apocalypse, St. John devours the book, woodcut by Albrecht Durer, historical, digital improved reproduction of an old woodcut..
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Predella with Annunciation and Scenes from the Lives of Four Saints Nicola di Maestro Antonio d'Ancona (Italian, Marchigian School, documented 1472-1511). Predella with Annunciation and Scenes from the Lives of Four Saints, ca. 1475-1480. Tempera on panel, Image: 6 1/4 x 72 3/4 in. (15.9 x 184.8 cm). This predella depicts defining events in the lives of the Madonna and Saints John the Baptist, Lawrence, Stephen, and Anthony of Padua, all represented on the main panel of an altarpiece now in a Roman private collection. Decorated pilasters capped with Corinthian capitals divide the predella into clearly defined scenes of martyrdom and wonder, while a verdant, mountainous landscape in the distance provides a rhythmic continuity of peaks and valleys that draws the eye across the panels individual narratives. Traditionally the devotional focus of an altarpiece, the Virgin receives the widest section at the center of the predella with a depiction of the Annunciation, the moment when Marys
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Christ with cross -banner makes blessing gesture, Anonymous, After Marcantonio Raimondi, After Rafaël, 1517 - 1577 print paper engraving 'Salvator Mundi', making a blessing gesture; an orb in his hand or at his feet
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Peter the Hermit presenting Pope Urban II with petition on return from pilgrimage to Holy Land 1094 Engraving
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Woodcut engraving depicting ladies selecting trimmings in a draper's shop.
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Saint Walpurgis. Dated: 1516/1518. Medium: woodcut. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Leonhard Beck.
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Engraving depicting Philip II of France condemning disciples of the French theologian Amaury (Almaricus) to be burnt alive for heresy. Philip II of France (1165-1223) known as Philip Augustus, was King of France and a member of the House of Capet. Dated 14th century
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Hans Staden (c. 1525 c. 1579) was a German soldier and mariner who voyaged to South America. On one voyage, he was captured by the Tupinamba people of Brazil whom he claimed practiced cannibalism. He wrote a widely read book describing his experiences.
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Biblical scene Old Testament, Jacob blesses his sons, by H. Holbein, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, e...
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Hospitallers: Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem: Religious military order founded 11th century to care for sick pilgrims in Jerusalem. After siege of Acre (1291) moved to Cyprus. 1309-1522 operated from Rhodes, and from 1530-1798 from Malta.
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Engraving depicting the sixth day of creation - God creating Adam- from the Nuremburg Chronicle by Hartmann Schedel (1440-1514) a German physician, humanist, historian, and one of the first cartographers. Dated 15th Century
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Ramon Llull (1235-1316). Spanish writer and philosopher. Tree of Science or Arbor Scientiae, 1295-1296. Engraving, 1489, Barcelona.
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Christ in the House of Simon the Pharisee. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Sebald Beham.
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Dance of Death. Dance Macabre. 1486. Pope and the Emperor, Woodcut.
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King Edward (1239-1307), center, ruled England from 1272 until his death. King Edward presides over Parliament.
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HUGH PETERS chaplain to Oliver Cromwell, satirised as a preacher of blasphemy, rebellion and heresy Date: 1598 - 1660
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Engraving depicting an astronomy lesson using an astrolabe. Dated 13th Century
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Death comes to the Cardinal From Der Todten Tanz or The Dance of Death published Basel 1843
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Minting coin. From 'The Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland' by Raphael Holinshead (1577).
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Clovis, Chlodovechus, Chlodwig I, Chlodowech, 466-511, King of the Franks of the Merovingian dynasty, at the Battle of Tolbiac, and his Baptism by Saint Remigius, cathedral of Reims, 496
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Obsequies of St. Cesarius, physician to the Emperor Constantine and Julian; died in 369
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People playing chess , Chess, Play Recreation
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Engraving after William Hogarth (1697 - 1764) from his series, "Hudibras", a poem by Samuel Bulter (16131680), satirising the Cromwellians and Presbyterian Church. Plate VIII: "Hudibras Beats Sidrophel, and his Man Whacum".
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The tailor. From a 16th century woodcut by Jost Amman
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15th cent. engraving. Trickster alchemist. Pretenceat making gold.
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The Patron Saints of Austria, woodcut by Albrecht Durer, historical, digital improved reproduction of an old woodcut..
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The Seven Saints of Brittany, from left to right, Saint Samson of Dol, Saint Malo, Saint Brieuc, Saint Patern, Saint Corentin, Saint Tudwal and Saint Pol Aurelian or Paul Aurelian. From Science and Literature in The Middle Ages by Paul Lacroix published London 1878.
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Torture, The beating of three saints with their backs tied together, ca 1600, Italy, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.
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Historical illustration from the 19th Century, pamphlet from the 16th Century against the misuse of confession in the Catholic Church
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Hermetic quest for Mercurius philosophorum. From Book of Alchemy.
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Engraving depicting an Arab astronomer, one holding an armillary sphere showing a geocentric universe and the path of the ecliptic, while his companion holds a book of tables. Dated 16th Century
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Mei; Hemelvaart van Christus; Maanden van het jaar.Christ rises to heaven in the presence of his disciples. All look up to heaven where in the clouds the feet and the bottom of the robe of Christ are still visible.
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A countrywoman is amazed to see two witches - one male, one female - flying past escorted by the Devil who, it seems, also needs a broomstick Date: circa 1600
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Engraving of the Coronation Procession of King Charles II (1630-1685) monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Dated 1660
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Umbrellas storey pagoda inside Laos, vintage engraved illustration. Le Tour du Monde, Travel Journal, (1872).
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Magi presenting gifts to infant Jesus. Overhead is star (nova) said to have led them to Bethlehem. From Stanislaus de Lubienietski 'Historia Universalis Omulum Cometarum' Amsterdam 1666. Engraving
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Women taking douches at the thermal baths, Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen). These war sulphur springs used particularly for rheumatic complaints. From ''Thermarum Aquisgranensium et Porcetanarum''. Aix, 1688.
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Taoist priests performing an incantation, China, ca 100 AD, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Asia
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The picture shows King Cernubiles, on the right, receiving from Mars, Marsilie, the banner and the order to fight and capture Roland. From the, Rolandslied, by the priest Konrad in the Heidelberg manuscript at the end of the 12th century, historical picture or illustration, published 1890, digitally enhanced, The picture shows King Cernubiles, on the right, receives from Mars, the banner and the order for the fight and capture of Roland. From the, the priest Konrad in the Heidel
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Middle Ages. Holy Land. Jerusalem (Hierosolima). The Nuremberg Chronicles. 15th century.
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A Lapp marriage is solemnised with fire Date: 1555
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The Devil in Britain and America, 1896