Passional Christi vnnd Antichristi
Publisher: Matthaeus Maler
Published: 1521
Place of publication: Erfurt
Language: ger
Number of pages: 14
Subjects: Art; Wood-engraving; Antichrist; Papacy in art; Reformation and art; Illustrated books; History
Other titles: Passional Christi und Antichristi.
Notes: A counterfeit of the first ed.

A polemic in the form of thirteen pairs of woodcuts (with captions) depicting scenes from the life of Christ contrasted with scenes from the life of the Pope. The text, presumably begun by Luther and completed by Melanchthon assisted by Schwertfeger, consists of quotations from the Gospels and the canon law. Cf. Rosenwald 647.

The woodcuts (which have been attributed to Lucas Cranach and to Hans Cranach) derive in part from Luther's "An den christlichen Adel Deutscher Nation" (1521). Cf. Fleming, G. "On the origin of the 'Passional Christi and Antichristi' ..." in Gutenberg-Jahrbuch (1973) p. 351-368.

Signatures: A-C⁴D².

Title within architectural border dated 1521 and signed with the initials F.B.

Murray, C.F. German books, 256

Brunet IV, 425