PARVVS || CATECHISMVS || PRO PVERIS IN || Schola, nuper auctus &c.|| ... ||[Übers.v.Johannes Sauermann]

Luther, Martin, Sauermann, Johannes · 1545 · Schöffer, Ivo · 12 pictures

A 1545 Latin-German catechism for schoolchildren by Martin Luther, translated by Johannes Sauermann and printed by Ivo Schöffer. Its woodcuts pair each commandment or article of faith with a small framed scene above a few lines of Latin text. The scenes are crowded, with figures in period dress gathered around tables, kneeling, or gesturing under architectural arches, and a designer could borrow their compact vignette layout, dense black-line hatching, and the way a single narrow frame sits within a generous margin of type.

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