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Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: “The description of Dr. Cranmer, how he was plucked down from the stage, by Friars and Papists, for the true Confessions of his faith.” While Doctor Henry Cole ("D. Cole.") preaches from a pulpit, Cranmer (“Dr. Cranmer”) is pulled down from the stage by friars and clerics and arrested for the tr... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: King Henry III of England kneels to kiss the knee of a cardinal, who arrives as papal legate. A train of bishops and friars follows the legate, and others kneel behind Henry to offer homage. Some observe from a rooftop above. This woodcut is the ninth in the "Proud Primacy of Popes" series and ap... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: "The description of ye [the] poysoning [poisoning] of King Iohn [John] by a Monke of Swinsted Abby [Swinstead Abbey] in Lincolne Shiere [Lincolnshire]." Six scenes tell the story: upper left -- "The Monke absolved to poyson [poison] King John. Ego absolvo te & c [I absolve you];" upper right -- "... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: A jailor ("Gaoler" ["Jailor"]) guards Bradford ("Bradford."), while Spanish friars question him in his cell. One friar ("Alphon.") questions Bradford directly, and a second friar ("confessor.") and a priest stand behind the first friar. Bradford carries a book, which symbolizes a Bible, in his ri... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: While Doctor Henry Cole ("D. Cole.") preaches from a pulpit, a friar and two others pull Cranmer ("Cranmer.") down from a platform. A congregation and a group of clerics observe Cranmer's arrest. The event occurs at the University Church of St. Mary, in Oxford. This woodcut appears in the first t... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: This composite, full-page woodcut insert illustrates the poisoning of John, King of England. In the upper right, a Swinstead Abbey monk ("Ego absoluo te &c." ["I absolve you, etc."]) absolves another monk, in advance, of the guilt he will incur when he poisons the king. In the lower right, the mo... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: King John of England kneels and yields his crown to Pandulphus, the papal legate, who sits in a presence chamber on a slightly raised dais. Bishops and monks observe with approval, but others (presumably laity) do so with suspicion. A cityscape is visible beyond a colonnade. This woodcut is the e...