Four Horsemen

Book Title: Paraphrasis oder Erklärung des gantzen Neüwen Testaments : Hierinn findt der Christenlich Läser den gantzen Text des Neüwen Testaments mit sampt der Gloss ... / anfangs durch den hochgeleerten vnd gottsäligen Mann H. Erasmum von Roterodam in Latinischer Spraach aussgangen, yetzund aber durch den getreüwen Diener Christi M. Leon Jude Predicanten Zürych, in das Teütsch gebracht ...

Author: Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536

Image Title: Four Horsemen

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Description: After the first four seals are opened, four horsemen roam the earth bringing great calamity. They are shown carrying a bow, a sword, scales and a pitchfork. This woodcut is also used in the 1536 "Zurich Bible" and is based on the design of Hans Holbein.

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