book of prints;
satirical print
- Museum number
- 1899,0420.53.1-9
- Description
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"[Abbildung des Papstthums] 1609; bound volume containing 8 anti-Papal satires originally used in "Abbildung des Paptsthums" (Wittenberg, 1545) with German verses by Martin Luther, here replaced by Latin verses, and 1 satire against Pope Pius IV (bound seventh) not from the original series. Re-bound in red at the BM bindery.
Woodcuts
- Production date
- 1609
- Dimensions
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Height: 340 millimetres (approx. sheet size of each page)
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Width: 200 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- For the satire against Pope Pius IV (1559-66), see J. R. Paas, "The German Political Broadsheet 1600-1700", vol 1 (Weisbaden, 1985), pl. 26, p.123-130.
The headings of the satires are as follows:
"Ecce Duo Gladii Sunt Hic"
"Sic bene conjungunt, et in una sede tuentur auriculas asinorum et diadema, papae"
"Fraus ambitio superstitio tergeminam papae perperere coronam"
"Seu venit ex orco, seu rursum tendi adorcum papa, redit domino quod fuit ante suum"
"Rusticus est corydon, nec digno novit honore, sed bombis, sanctum condecorare patrem"
"Parcite vos sociis, o sanctis parcite sancte animulis blandulis vagabundulis"
"Sic contra christum facilis concursus in unum est"
"Papae cuncta patent scripturae scrinia, Jovae, si lubet, ambiguae clave probabit opus"
"Matrem et nutricum discit gens perfida mores"
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Protestant Reformation 1517-1648
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Abbilding des Papstthums
- Acquisition date
- 1899
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1899,0420.53.1-9
