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They are no match for Dürer's' exquisite portraits of his friend, soldier and politician Willibald Pirckheimer (1524); the humanist professor and theologian Philip Melanchthon (1526); and the bearded, jowly Frederick the Wise (1524), with crinkled eyes, floppy hat and fur collar, looking as if he is about to give a good-natured "Harrumph!"
Masterful Engravers Judy Fayard 2011
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In a letter from Albrecht Dürer to Pirckheimer, he alludes to them, as having
Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance Julia de Wolf Gibbs Addison
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The whole of a man's life and character are set forth in his two drawings of his friend Pirckheimer, a strange blend of the philosopher and the hog.
The Age of the Reformation Preserved Smith 1910
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As he conceived it, the work was never carried out; but essays of varying importance on this theme were produced by Cochlaeus, Pirckheimer, Aventinus and
The Age of Erasmus Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London 1901
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Hagenau by Anshelm at the cost of John Koberger, the great Nuremberg printer, and fostered by Pirckheimer.
The Age of Erasmus Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London 1901
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In spite of such stuff, Pirckheimer, who saw the book in manuscript, was delighted with it.
The Age of Erasmus Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London 1901
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Pirckheimer, and even instituted a royal historian, Stabius.
The Age of Erasmus Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London 1901
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Foremost amongst these were Pirckheimer, the wealthy merchant and scholar of Nürnberg, and many others, who dreaded lest the attack on ecclesiastical property and authority should, as indeed was the case, issue in a general attack on all property and authority.
German Culture Past and Present Ernest Belfort Bax 1890
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MSS. that had belonged to Pirckheimer, the first great German bibliophile; and these, according to some authorities, came out of the treasure-house at Buda.
The Great Book-Collectors Charles Isaac Elton 1869
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Pirckheimer died in 1530, three years after the sack of
The Great Book-Collectors Charles Isaac Elton 1869
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