Book Title: Confessio fidei exhibita inuictiss. Impe: Carolo V. Caesari Aug. in comicijs Augustae, anno 1530. : Addita est apologia confessionis diligenter recognita. Et Confessio doctrinae ecclesiarum Saxonicarum, scripta anno 1551. Ut Synodo Tridentinae exiberetur

Author: Melanchthon, Philipp, 1497-1560

Image Title: Printer's Device of Hans Lufft

Description: In the printer’s device of Hans Lufft (1495-1584) displays a two-handed sword held upright piercing a heart with two serpents winding down the sword. One gnashes at the crossbar of the sword as the other sinks a fang into one of the hands grasping the hilt. Several copies of this device with slight variations are known.

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