Shepherds Visit

Book Title: Avszlegung der Epistelen vnd Euangelie[n], : die nach brauch der Kirchen gelesen werden, durch den Advent, vnd dannenthin vom Christag biss auf den Sontag nach Epiphanie. Darin reichlich anzeygt vnd fürgebildet würt, was eim [sic] Christen menschen zuo / D. Martinus Luther.

Author: Luther, Martin, 1483-1546

Image Title: Shepherds Visit

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Description: The shepherds visit the baby Jesus in Bethlehem (front) after learning of his birth from the angel (rear). Note the date 1523. Note the date 1523 and the artist, Virgil Solis' (1514-1562), monogram "VS" in the lower center of the woodcut.

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