0 THE HUMILIATION AND EXALTATION OF OUR REDEEMER, IN 32 PRINTS, REPRESENTING THE ORIGINAL EDITED BY JOHN ALLEN, M.A. ARCHDEACON OF SALOP, DIOCESE OF LICHFIELD; LATE ONE OF HER LONDON: GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & CO., FARRINGDON STREET. 1856. Jesus crowned with Thorns ................................................................................................................... 33 Jesus shown to the People........... 21 23 25 27 29 31 35 37 39 41 43 Jesus taken down from the Cross........................................................................................................ 44 Preparing for the Burial of Jesus 45 47 49 51 53 55 57 59 The Ascension................................................................................................................................................................................. Jesus appearing to his Mother after his Resurrection Jesus parting with his Mother before his Sufferings THIS book would probably not have been in the reader's hands, but for Mr. Henry Cole's beautiful edition (through the late Mr. Pickering) of the entire thirty-seven prints of the smaller Passion of Albert Durer. Thirty-five of the original wood-blocks as cut by that artist are now in the print-room of the British Museum. From these casts have been taken, and type metal copies; so that allowance being made for the dressing necessary on account of the worm-holes, the prints may be fairly said to represent the original wood-blocks. It seemed to me that, for general circulation, four of the prints issued by Albert Durer had better be omitted. I hope that an impression of the following thirty-two, at the cost of a shilling, may bring thousands under the influence of one of the greatest men of his time-the friend of Erasmus and of Melancthon-speaking to us across three centuries through the universal language of his art. It is possible that some who take up this volume may lay it down with a more vivid apprehension of that knowledge which, the Apostle teaches us (1 Cor. ii. 2), is the most necessary of all knowledge. JOHN ALLEN. PREES, SHREWSBURY, |