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Date: 1757 Contributing Institution: Moravian College and Theological Seminary Reeves Library Description: 1757 edition of a German work, whose title in English is A short and faithful report of the Church known under the name of the Bohemian and Moravian Brethren, stemming from the Unitas Fratrum, [including their] teaching, outward and inner Church order and customs, derived from true documents and ... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Twenty-two Protestant martyrs wait for death. These Protestants are roped together and led from Colchester (Essex) to London for interrogation by Bishop Bonner. The group is led and followed by officials on horseback and also accompanied by another official on foot. The engraving includes scrip... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: The burning of three "godly saints," including Julins Palmer, I. Gwin, and Thomas Askine. The three men stand tied together and are fully clothed. The martyr to the farthest right has his arms outstretched while the other two have their arms pulled close to their bodies and their hands clasped ... -
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: “Seven Godly and constant Martyrs, suffering at one fire together in Smithfield.” Encircled by bundles of faggots, the seven martyrs, including at least one woman, stand back-to-back and chained to three stakes. Each of the martyrs is fully clothed and is identified as (from the top, clockwise... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Margery Polley, fully clothed with hands upraised and tears streaming down her face, stands chained to the stake at Tonbridge. While the flames engulf her and a large black cloud of smoke hovers above her, a crowd of soldiers surrounds her and watches her burn. Revised version of Luborsky and I... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Thomas Haukes, bare-chested and with arms raised above his head (possibly grasping the stake or clasped together in prayer), burns at the stake at Coxehall in Essex. As he is engulfed in flames he cries "Lord receive my Spirit." He is surrounded by a rowdy crowd of soldiers on foot and on hors... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Rawlins White, fully clothed with a cloth tied around his head, hands upraised, and with a chain across his chest, stands amidst a large fire while a dark cloud hovers above him. To the large crowd gathered to watch, or perhaps to a monk standing on a platform in the front of the crowd, he says:... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Three separate scenes portray selected events of the Reformation under Edward VI and the elimination of Roman Catholic traditions; in the first one, "The temple purged," men are carrying various Roman Catholic icons out of the temple to a burning pile, labeled "Burning of Images." The scene in t... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Doctor Rowland Taylor, clothed in a robe and with hands raised and outstretched as in blessing, is burned at the stake at Hadley “for Testimony of the Gospell [Gospel]” on February 9, 1555. As flames engulf him and a dark cloud of smoke hovers above him, he says, “Mercifull [Merciful] father for... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: George Wisehart, hands tied behind his back, hangs from the gallows by rope from his neck and by chain from his waist in St. Andrews, Scotland. Beneath his feet are a burning flame and bundles of wood. A moderate sized crowd surrounds Wisehart to watch him burn. Revised design of Luborsky and In... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: “The manner of burning Anne Askew, Iohn [John] Lacels, Iohn [John] Adams, & Nicolas Beleman, with certane [certain] of y [the] counsel [council] sitting in Smithfield.” This aerial view of Smithfield shows the martyrs tied to the stake. All four have their hands clasped in prayer while soldiers... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Laurence Saunders, fully clothed with hands clasped as in prayer, is tied to the stake at Coventry. Saunders is facing the left of the image. The executioner nails the chain to the stake while Saunders proclaims: “Welcome life." He is surrounded by a rowdy crowd of soldiers and civilians, a few... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: This tipped-in fold-out illustrates five separate scenes that took place at Windsor Castle. A cartouche spanning the top of the foldout states: "The description of Windsor Castle. The condemning of Anthony Person, Marbecke, Testwood, and Filmer; with y [the] burning of the said Person Testwood, ... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: A single man, known as “Peake,” is chained to the stake at Ipswich. Fully clothed, he extends his arms out toward the crowd that is gathered beneath him. In earlier editions this martyrdom is illustrated by Luborsky and Ingram 11223/18, which appears in the second (1570), third (1576), and fourth... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: “Robert King, Robert Debnam, and Nicholas Marsh hanged for taking downe the Rood of Dovercourt.” These three men hang by the chest from separate gallows while a crowd of onlookers, mostly soldiers, stand behind them and three men, including a man of the church, stand is front of them. The destr... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: John Bent, who stands bare-chested with hands raised as in prayer, stands chained to the stake while flames and smoke surround him. Bent is surrounded by a group of soldiers; one soldier, in the bottom left-hand corner of the image, stokes the fire beneath Bent's feet. Revised design of Luborsk... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Giles Tilleman, clothed in a robe with hands clasped in prayer and arms extended upward, stands chained to the stake and engulfed in flames and smoke. He is surrounded by a crowd of soldiers and one man stokes the fire. Revised design of Luborsky and Ingram 11223/18, which is used in earlier E... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Richard Ffeurus, fully clothed with arms extended and upward as though in blessing, stands chained to the stake while flames and smoke engulf him. He is surrounded by a crowd of civilians and soldiers. In earlier editions this martyrdom is illustrated by Luborsky and Ingram 11223/14 and appear... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: William Sweeting and James Brewster stand back to back, bare-chested, with hands clasped and outstretched in prayer, and chained to the stake, while flames engulf their feet. They are surrounded by a crowd of civilians and soldiers. In earlier editions this martyrdom is illustrated by Luborsky ... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: John Stillman, fully clothed and chained by the waist and neck to the stake, stands with hands clasped and outstretched toward the sky. Two men kneel in the front of the scene with their arms outstretched in supplication. Other men, who appear to be soldiers, stand in the background of the imag... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: The SECOND VOLUME OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY: CONTAINING THE Acts and Monuments of MARTYRS: WITH A General Discourse of the later Persecutions, horrible Troubles and Tumults, stirred up by ROMISH PRELATES in the CHURCH WITH Divers other Things incident to this Realm of ENGLAND and SCOTLAND. R... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: A barebacked man, blood streaming down his back, walks past a crowd of onlookers while carrying a taper and being flogged by a man marked "Somner [Summoner]" who walks behind him. Although the engraving is marked as the penance of Thomas Pye and John Mendham, only one penitent is pictured in the ... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: William White, a priest and Lollard heretic, is clothed and, with his arms outstretched to the left, stands chained to a stake which is surrounded by bundles of faggots. Four kneeling men have their arms reaching toward him, perhaps in supplication or in praise. Soldiers stand nearby with weapon... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: “The description of the cruell [cruel] Martyrdome [Martyrdom] of Sir John Oldcastle, Lord Cobham.” Oldcastle hangs chained from the gallows over an open fire in the Tower of London. He is partially naked and is surrounded by soldiers and civilians. One man holds a whip and others prod the fire.... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: William Sawtre, a priest, is fully-clothed and with arms outstretched and chained to a stake. Two men stoke the fire surrounding him. The crowd looking on includes a man on horseback, a man clothed in ecclesiastical garb, many soldiers, other men, and at least one woman. This image may be a rede... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: "Heptarchia Anglia Saxonica: Or, A Description of England, as it was divided in the Saxons time into Seven Kingdoms," depicts each of the seven kingdoms, including (beginning with the northern part of England and moving clockwise): "The Kingdom of Northumberland," "The Kingdom of Mercia," "The Ea... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Foxe lists the names and death dates of Protestant and proto-Protestant martyrs for the months of November and December. JPEG file (1.17 MB). -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: "The martyrdome of Cicely Ormes at Norwich. An. 1557 September 1557." Cicely [Cicelie] Ormes(“Welcome y [the] Cross of Christ”) stands chained and burning at the stake; large clouds of smoke hover above her head. Fully clothed and with both arms raised above her head, she looks out to the large c... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Edmund Tyrell burns Rose Allin’s hand as she carries a pitcher of water for her mother. Tyrell is very finely dressed and is observed by three soldiers who stand by. Allin’s mother, who is lying in bed ill, is pictured at the far right of the image. A man kneels outside the mother’s door and h... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Four men and three women--John Fishcocke, Nicolas Whyte, Nicolas Pardue, Barbara Fynal widow, Wilson’s wife, and Alice Benden--are chained to three stakes and are engulfed by large flames. All seven martyrs are fully clothed. The three men are all chained to the stake at the far left of the image... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: A balding, bearded man burns at the stake. He faces toward the left of the image and clasps his hands in prayer. This woodcut appears nine times in the third edition (1576) to illustrate the burning of Thomas Rhedonensis (at Rome) (sig. KK5r, p. 645); Richard Wiche priest (sig. NN2v, p. 676); Joh... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: A clothed woman and three clothed men burn at two stakes. The woman folds her hands before her in prayer. One of the men, at the right, faces forward and displays his palm. A second man stands in profile on the left and raises both arms above his head, while a third man, at the rear, raises his l... -
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: Two guards roast a naked man, whom they have bound to a spit. One of the guards ladles vinegar and salt over the martyr. The bucket containing the vinegar-salt mixture rests at the guard's right knee. [Cartouche: "The rosting of Christians at a low fire, with vineger and salt poured upo[n] their ... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: "MD" (see "Soldiers drag two Christians by ropes" in this collection). -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Turbaned Turks discover the martyred corpse of a converted Jew and (in an upper insert) bury it. The corpse has been lacerated and is dressed in loincloth. The scene transpires in Constantinople. This woodcut appears in the second (1570), third (1576), and fourth (1583) editions. Luborsky and Ing... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: An executioner stands at the body and severed head of George Scherrer and gestures to a crowd of onlookers. The arms and legs of Scherrer's corpse are crossed, and his trunk bleeds at the neck. A cluster of buildings is visible in the distance. According to Foxe, Scherrer had predicted that a mir... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Foxe's publisher, John Day, appears in profile in this portrait device, along with a colophon. The cartouche surrounding him reads, "Liefe is deathe and death is liefe: Aetatis suae: XXXX." ["Life is death and death is life: in the 40th year of his life"]. Although Day includes this woodcut in la... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: "MD" (see "Soldiers drag two Christians by ropes" in this collection). -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Flanked by John Day, Foxe, and, possibly, Sir William Cecil, Queen Elizabeth I sits enthroned over the pope, who holds broken keys of his office. An initial "C" frames her in the style of a cornucopia. The dais on which the queen sits contains the xylographic identification, "Elisabetha Regina" [... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: As attendants carry him through a town in a decorated, open-air litter, the pope gestures to kneeling figures at the lower right and left of the image. Crowned kings precede him, carrying orbs that symbolize their authority, and a train of cardinals, bishops, and friars follows. The pope carries ... -
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: Oldcastle stands under an arch, dressed in Roman armor. He carries a sword in his right hand and extends a shield, which bears a crucifix, in his left. This woodcut appears only in the 1559 Latin edition. No Luborsky and Ingram #. JPEG file (2.23 MB). -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Two bearded men burn at the stake. Both men wear loincloth, gaze upward, and pray. This woodcut appears five times in the fourth edition (1583) to illustrate the burning of Henry Voes and John Esch, friars Augustine (sig. GGg3v, p. 874); John Bland and John Frankesh, ministers, with Nicholas Shet... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Emperor Constantine I stands at his throne and embraces a bishop. The emperor holds the rod of his office in his left hand, and other bishops observe with approval. The damage to the OSU copy of this illustration (pictured here) results from a reader having defaced the woodcut that appears on the... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: The burning of the books and bones of both Martin Bucer and Paul Fagius in the town square of Cambridge. At the top of the image, officials are casting both the bones and the books into a large burning pyre. A large procession of civilians begins at the left of the image and circles the burning... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Six martyrs--W. Waterer, Steph. Kemp, W. Haye, T. Hudson, W. Lowick, and W. Prowting-- are burned at the stake. All six men are full clothed and are grouped in pairs at each stake. The men are surrounded by a group of soldiers, several of whom are on horseback. Several other soldiers tend the ... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: The martyrdom of three women and an infant at the Isle of Garnsey. The caption of the image indicates that this martyrdom took place on July 18th, 1556. All three women are naked and chained to the stake while an infant emerges from the womb of the woman in the middle. All three women have thei...