Browse Items (8955 total)
Sort by:
Das Newe Testament deutzsch; Woodcut from Apocalypse from title page verso
The third Wittenberg folio edition of Luther's translation. Woodcut illustrations of the Apocalypse of St. John, from the workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder, depict the defeat of the satanic dragon at the conclusion of that visionary work. The…
Die Propheten alle Deudsch / D. Mart. Luth; Front board of binding
The first edition of Luther's translation of the Hebrew Prophets. An edition of the entire Hebrew Bible would appear two years later.
In epistolam Pavli ad Galatas, F. Martini Lvtheri Avgvstiniani, commentarivs; Title page recto
Luther famously preferred some portions of the Bible to others. Among his favored sections were the New Testament epistles of St. Paul, whose teachings on "justification by faith" were a central, organizing theme for Luther’s theology and the lens…
Der Hundert vnd eilffte Psalm ausgelegt / durch D. Martin Luther. Wittemberg. M.D.XXX; Title page recto
Luther studied the Hebrew Psalms – 150 poetic texts of devotion, praise, and lament – intensively from 1513-15 and he returned to them throughout his life.
[Letter of Indulgence from 12 Cardinals, to the Dominican Nuns of Unterlinde, Colmar]
A manuscript collective indulgence, written on vellum in the chancery hand used in Rome, granted to the nuns and giving them permission to display a famed painting of the Virgin Mary. Remission of the temporal consequences for sin could be obtained…
