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Woodcut used by Valentin Schumann

Woodcut representing the Christian Church as a castle besieged by Jews, Turks, heretics and demons and defended by its doctors, the secular and spiritual authorities, and angels, under the direction of Christ. Used by Valentin Schumann.

 

Woodcut by Heinrich Stayner of Augsburg, with his monogram ("HS mit kleinem Kreuz" [i.e. HS with small cross]) at foot. Cf. T. Freudenberger, Hieronymus Dungersheim (Münster: Aschendorffsche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1988), p. 163, n. 159.

 

Established heading: Stayner, Heinrich, -1548

 

Established heading: Schumann, Valentin, -1542

 

Penn Libraries call number: GC5 D9195 530e

 

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