Papal donkey, monogrammist GK (print maker, 17th century), after Lucas Cranach (i), c. 1661 print German cartoon with a reformational interpretation of the so -called papal Esel (Papstesel or Bapstesel), a deformed donkey with animal, human and monstrous parts, found dead in the Tiber in Rome in 1496. Mirror -image copy to the original woodcut of Lucas Cranach in the satirical anti -Catholic pamphlet 'der Bapstesel zu Rom' by Martin Luther and Philipp Melanchthon from 1523. paper letterpress printing monsters with parts, limbs, organs, etc. of abnormal shape. monsters ~ hoofed animals. ass, d
Papal donkey, monogrammist GK (print maker, 17th century), after Lucas Cranach (i), c. 1661 print German cartoon with a reformational interpretation of the so -called papal Esel (Papstesel or Bapstesel), a deformed donkey with animal, human and monstrous parts, found dead in the Tiber in Rome in 1496. Mirror -image copy to the original woodcut of Lucas Cranach in the satirical anti -Catholic pamphlet 'der Bapstesel zu Rom' by Martin Luther and Philipp Melanchthon from 1523. paper letterpress printing monsters with parts, limbs, organs, etc. of abnormal shape. monsters ~ hoofed animals. ass, donkey. (aspects of) Christian Religion or the Church (as institution) ridiculed, criticized, or caricaturized Rome
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