The Cardinal
© The Trustees of the British Museum
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One Death grabs the cardinal, while another Death (partially hidden behind the cardinal) steals his T-cross.
Copy by Hollar
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The accompanying text for this letter goes: »We üch /
die gerecht machen den ungerechten umb die goben / vnd die gerechtigkeyt des gerechten nempt ir von im«.
This is Isaiah 5, 22-23,
which Luther translates:
»Weh denen, [...]
die den Schuldigen gerecht sprechen für Geschenke und das Recht nehmen denen, die im Recht sind!«.
In English:
»Woe unto them [...]
Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!«
To the left is a copy designed by Hollar.
Various artists
Tęs Kainęs Diathękęs (1531)
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Tęs Kainęs Diathękęs (1531)
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Dances of death
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