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Paulus Olearius, "De fide co[n]cubinaru[m] in sacerdotes", with Jacob Hartlieb, "De fide meretricum in suos amatores" edited Crato Udenhemius (Basle, Jacob Wolff de Pforzheim and/or Michael Furter) 1501-1505; containing 11 woodcuts (two of which printed twice) by the Master DS including -- 1. as the title woodcut, a scene of six male figures and a woman standing in the entrance to hell (with "...ad infernu" inscribed on a banderole) -- 2. a funeral procession with coffin draped with cloth and crucifix, with preacher in pulpit at right and a man beating a seated woman with club at left -- 3. two women at the entance to a cellar with robed men taking liquid from barrels -- 4. a procession with banners through a street at right, with a woman at a sink behind the wall and a man exiting the frame at left -- 5. repeat of the title woodcut (1.) for "De fide meretricum in suos amatores" -- 6. a treacherous ravine with blindfolded man crossing a broken bridge towards a naked lute-playing woman … (See Merlin record for full description)
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