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  • Cervicornus, Eucharius, active 1516-1547, printer

    • Title

  • Title page woodcut from: Epistolae trium illustrium virorum

  • Physical Description

    1 online resource (1 title page : illustrations (woodcuts))

  • Date

    1518

  • Notes

    Title page woodcut from: Epistolae trium illustrium virorum /ad Hermannum comitem Nuenarium : eiusdem responsoria una ad Io. Reuchlinum, & altera ad lectorem ; item, libellus accusatotorius fratris Iacobi de Hochstraten, contra Oculare speculum Io. Reuch. diffamationes eiusdem Iacobi ; item, defensio nova Ioannis Reuchlin ex urbe Roma allata, idque paucis ab hinc diebus. Coloniae : Apud Eucharium Ceruicornum, Anno.M.D.X VIII.mense Maio [1518].

    Imprint from colophon.

    Woodcut illustration (coat of arms surmounted by figure) on title page, woodcut initials throughout the book

  • Summary

    The "3 illustrious men" are Johann Reuchlin, Ulrich von Hutten, and Hermann von dem Busche. Collected volume of letters addressed to Hermann Graf von Neuenar, who defended Johann Reuchlin (1455-1522) in the Pfefferkorn controversy on the burning of Jewish books. The volume includes Jacob van Hochstraaten's (dean of the Domenican Order of Cologne) condemnation of Reuchlin's Augenspiegel, Reuchlin's defense of his position, and supporting letters of the humanist Ulrich von Hutten and Hermann von dem Busche.

  • Depicted

    Reuchlin, Johann, 1455-1522; Reuchlin, Johann, 1455-1522; Hutten, Ulrich von, 1488-1523; Neuenar, Hermann, Graf von, 1492-1530; Hoogstraten, Jacobus van, approximately 1460-1527; Busche, Hermann von dem, approximately 1468-1534

  • Subject

    Jewish literature, Censorship, Early works to 1800; Book burning

  • Medium

    Woodcuts; Title pages

  • Part Of

    Rare Book Collection of Frank L. Herz

  • Accession Number

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Title page woodcut from: Epistolae trium illustrium virorum, Leo Baeck Institute, r 450 Herz R 27 Online Title page woodcut.