Event—Public Programming

The Reformation in Germany

Martin Luther, 1483–1546. Sermon on Three-Fold Righteousness. (Sermo de triplici justitia.) Book with woodcuts, printed in Leipzig, Germany, by Melchior Lotther in 1518.

Martin Luther, 1483–1546. Sermon on Three-Fold Righteousness. (Sermo de triplici justitia.) Book with woodcuts, printed in Leipzig, Germany, by Melchior Lotther in 1518. Wing ZP 547 .L23.

Martin Luther, 1483–1546. Sermon on Three-Fold Righteousness. (Sermo de triplici justitia.) Book with woodcuts, printed in Leipzig, Germany, by Melchior Lotther in 1518. Wing ZP 547 .L23.

The history of German printing is on display in our Religious Change & Print exhibition. We invite you to join us for this special tour, during which we will examine numerous books printed in Germany, including a leaf from the Gutenberg Bible; a polemical pamphlet containing a woodcut portrait of its author, Martin Luther; and several German musical works that have been recorded for this exhibition with the generous support of the German Consulate.

This tour is part of Religious Change, 1450 - 1700, a multidisciplinary project exploring how religion and print made the medieval world modern. The project is generously supported by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.