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: John Writes His Gospel

Description: A stylized rendering of John composing his gospel while having a vision of the incarnation and being accompanied by an eagle. The eagle symbolizes John's gospel, drawing on Ezekiel 1:10, which refers to four creatures, each of which was associated by Irenaeus (d. 220) with one of the four New Testament gospels. This woodcut is also used in the 1536 "Zurich Bible" and is based on the design of Hans Holbein.

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