Ein Sermon uber das Euangelion, Johannis am XX von Maria Magdalena, so man lieset am Ostermitwoch
A 1531 German sermon by Martin Luther on the Gospel of John chapter 20, printed in Wittenberg by Georg Rhaw for lay readers and clergy. The first picture is a bookplate with a laurel-wreathed seal and a handwritten shelfmark, and the second is a title page framed by dense woodcut borders of foliage, figures and ornament, with a black-letter German title and a large roman name block. A designer could take from the second page how a boxed title block with heavy decorative borders organises text and ornament.
