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Woodcuts from John Foxe’s Acts and Monuments
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Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Oldcastle hangs chained from a gallows and suspended over a burning pyre. Workers tend the fire, and a supervisor leads his horse nearby. A large crowd of civilians, clerics, and monks observes; some of these figures express alarm, and others express mockery. This woodcut appears in the first thr... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: King, Debnam, and Marsh hang by the chest from three separate gallows. They suffer for allegedly destroying a rood, which burns in the foreground. The cross contains a life-size crucifix and the designation, "IHS" ("J[esus] H[ominorum] S[alvator]" ["Jesus, savior of mankind"]). A crowd of soldier... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: After cutting Damlip down from a gallows, a guard disembowels him. Damlip lies propped, still living, against the gallows, and a fire burns nearby, ready to consume his entrails. The recently severed noose hangs from Damlip's neck. An official on horseback supervises the execution, and a crowd of...