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Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: While executioners prod him from either side, Lambert ("None but Christ, none but Christ") burns at the stake. A richly dressed man supervises the execution from horseback, and alarmed observers and others stand by. Lambert perishes following his conviction on charges that he denied the real pres... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: A martyr stands bound to a stake and dressed in loincloth. A soldier, whose sleeves are rolled up, flays the martyr with a knife, which he wields in his right hand. As the soldier pulls away the man's skin, blood pours from the wound. The martyr gazes upward. (Cartouche: "Here their skins are plu... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: On a platform outside Vilvorde Castle, near modern-day Brussels, Tyndale ("Lord ope[n] the king of Englands eies." ["Lord, open the king of England's eyes"]) stands chained to a stake. An executioner strangles Tyndale, who is dressed in loincloth. A crowd of soldiers, monks, and civilians observe... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Gazing upward and extending his hands outward in prayer, an unclothed martyr burns at the stake. According to Luborsky and Ingram, vol. 1, p. 378, this woodcut illustrates the suffering of a German martyr. The image appears three times in the second edition (1570) to illustrate the burning Wolfga... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Gazing upward and extending his hands outward in prayer, an unclothed martyr burns at the stake. According to Luborsky and Ingram, vol. 1, p. 378, this woodcut illustrates the suffering of a German martyr. The image appears three times in the third edition (1576) to illustrate the burning of Wolf... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Gazing upward and extending his hands outward in prayer, an unclothed martyr burns at the stake. According to Luborsky and Ingram, vol. 1, p. 378, this woodcut illustrates the suffering of a German martyr. The image appears three times in the fourth edition (1583) to illustrate the burning of Wol... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: A fully clothed, bearded man extends his hands outward as he burns at the stake. This woodcut appears three times in the fourth edition (1583) to illustrate the burning of William Sawtre (sig. Yy1v, p. 518); John Castellane (sig. GGg6v, p. 880); and Raulins [White] (sig. AAAA1v, p. 1559). Luborsk... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: A fully clothed, bearded man extends his hands outward as he burns at the stake. This woodcut appears three times in the third edition (1576) to illustrate the burning of William Sawtre (sig. Uu5r, p. 501); John Castellane (sig. GGg5r, p. 853); and Rawlins White, fisherman (at Cardiff, Wales) (si... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: A fully clothed, bearded man extends his hands outward as he burns at the stake. This woodcut appears twice in the second edition (1570) to illustrate the burning of Doct. [John] Castellane (sig. HHh3v, p. 1012) and Raulins White (sig. XXXx3v, p. 1728). Luborsky and Ingram 11223/38. JPEG file (4.... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: As Burton sits backward on an ass, soldiers lead him through a town and a friar gestures at him. Burton wears garments that are decorated with devils. He burns at the stake in an upper insert, where soldiers supervise the execution and a crowd observes. Burton receives martyrdom at the hands of S...