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al-Qurʾān. Cover
This is a relatively early example of a revival in illumination (tazhib) designs which flourished in the 1880s. Subtle allusions to Qur'anic verses are given through the presence of a bee (Q16:68-69) and moth (Q101:4).
Eyn Sermon geprediget vom Pawren zů Werdt, bey Nürmberg, am Sontag vor Fassnacht, vo[n] dem freyen willen des Mennschen; Title page recto
"The peasant from Wöhrd-by-Nuremberg" was an appellation for the author of this sermon, an itinerant radical preacher at the time of German Peasants’ War. Its theme of the religious value of the layperson indicates how one of Luther’s defining…
Eyn Sendebrieff von dem harten buchlin widder die bawren / Martinus Luther. Wittemberg. M.D.XXV; Title page recto
In this work, published after his controversial Against the Murderous, Thieving Hordes of Peasants and after the peak of the uprisings, Luther does not retract his attacks levelled there, which many of his allies and supporters had decried, though he…
Eyn brieff an die Fürsten zu Sachsen von dem auffrurischen geyst / Martinus Luther. ; Wittemberg. 1524; Title page recto
Thomas Müntzer was among the "radicals" initially sympathetic to some of Luther’s teachings, but he and Luther became bitter opponents. Müntzer remained an important figure and his image appeared on the 5 Mark bill of the German Democratic Republic.…
Des Christlichen Pawren getrewen radt : Wie die Christglaubig seel ein gesprech mit dem menschlichen fleysch teglich halten vnd betrachten sol; Title page recto
Published in Zwickau, a hotbed of the radical appropriation of his ideas that Luther came to disdain. The caption for the woodcut reads: "In human terms I am a peasant. God gives his grace where he thinks fit." Diepold Peringer, author of this item…
Dr. Martin Luther: Wider die Jüden, vierhundert Jahre deutschen Ringens gegen jüdische Fremdherrschaft, von E.V. von Rudolf [pseud.]; Title page recto
On the Jews and Their Lies became a core text for subsequent anti-semitism. Excerpts from this work and from his Of the Unknowable Name and the Generations of Christ were reprinted in the Nazi era and were used at Nazi rallies. One historian has…
Vier Predigten des Ehrwirdigen herrn D. Martini Luthers, zu Eisleben vor seinem abschied aus diesem leben gethan; Title page recto
Contains Luther’s "warning to the Jews" of harshest persecution if they did not convert to Christianity.
