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Woodcut Exhibit: The Rich Man and Lazarus

Now on display in the Durham Reference Room: woodcuts depicting the parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31).

This vivid story was featured prominently in many Christian Bibles, prayer books, and lectionary books from the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries, by means of woodcuts—images carved on blocks of wood or pieces of metal, then printed alongside the text. The woodcuts demonstrate both the commonality and variations among interpretations of the parable across time and place.

The exhibit is free and open to the public. It complements our current exhibition of texts from the Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection: “Education and Reformation in 16th Century Germany.”

Posted October 29th, 2009 by Bill Shepherd
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