Images

Statue of Heinrich Bullinger (l. 1504-1575), Swiss reformer, at the Grossmünster, Zürich.

Heinrich Bullinger (l. 1504-1575), portrait painting by Hans Asper, 1550.

An illustration showing Christ and the Pharisees. Hand-coloured woodcut. From Das Plenarium (1517). Created by Hans Schäufelein. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, New York.

Limestone ossuary with an Aramaic inscription on the side "Joseph, son of Caiaphas," found in Jerusalem in 1990. Israel Museum, Jerusalem.

Equestrian portrait of Charles I of Spain aka Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor by Titian depicting Charles V at the Battle of Mühlberg in April 1547 where he defeated the Protestant forces of the Schmalkaldic League, 1548. Museo del Prado...

Elector John Frederick I of Saxony (l. 1503-1554), portrait by Lucas Cranach the Younger, 1578. Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden

Maurice of Saxony (1521-1553), oil on canvas portrait by Lucas Cranach the Younger, 1578. Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden.

Portrait of Don Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba (l. 1507-1582) by Antonis Mor, 1557. Hispanic Society Museum and Library, New York.

Portrait of Philip I of Hesse (l. 1504-1567) as a young man, c. 1560.

The Helm of Awe (Icelandic: Ægishjálmur), a magical symbol (stave) recorded in an Icelandic manuscript in the 1600s. The term is attested in the Old Norse poem Fáfnismál (1200s) in the context of the fight between the hero Sigurd and the...