Book Title: De Biblie / vth der vthlegginge Doctoris Martini Luthers yn dyth düdesche vlitich vthgesettet, mit sundergen vnderrichtingen alse men seen mach.

Author: Bible. Low German. Luther. 1533

Image Title: Saul’s Suicide

Scripture Reference:

• 1 Samuel 31 (further images / scripture text)

Description: In the center of the woodcut the bodyguard wields a sword to kill Saul. On the left the king of the Philistines is shown the fallen crown of Saul. On the right the Philistine soldiers cut off the head of Saul. This and other woodcuts in this 1533 Bible are the work of the German artist, Erhard Altdorfer (d. 1561).

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