Printer's device of Nicolaus Episcopius the younger of Basel (here used by his heirs and brother Eusebius)
Printer's device of Nicolaus Episcopius the younger of Basel (here used by his heirs and brother Eusebius), featuring "a crane, a symbol of continual watchfulness and sharp discernment, and holds a stone in one of its claws so as not to fall asleep. The hand extending from a cloud grasps a bishop's crozier on which the crane is perched. Written across the top of the staff is EPISCOP, which is the shortened form of the Latin word for bishop 'Episcopus,' but also is a wordplay on the name of the printer."--Pitts Theology Library Digital Image Archive.
Established heading: Episcopius, Nicolaus, 1531-1565
Penn Libraries call number: GC55 M8899 563s 1570
Printer's device of Nicolaus Episcopius the younger of Basel (here used by his heirs and brother Eusebius)
Printer's device of Nicolaus Episcopius the younger of Basel (here used by his heirs and brother Eusebius), featuring "a crane, a symbol of continual watchfulness and sharp discernment, and holds a stone in one of its claws so as not to fall asleep. The hand extending from a cloud grasps a bishop's crozier on which the crane is perched. Written across the top of the staff is EPISCOP, which is the shortened form of the Latin word for bishop 'Episcopus,' but also is a wordplay on the name of the printer."--Pitts Theology Library Digital Image Archive.
Established heading: Episcopius, Nicolaus, 1531-1565
Penn Libraries call number: GC55 M8899 563s 1570