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Contributing Institution: Claremont School of Theology Library Description: Gold solidus minted at Constantinople. Facing busts of Heraclius and son Heraclius Constantine, each wearing crown, with cross between. JPG file (118 KB) -
Woodcuts from John Foxe’s Acts and Monuments
User CollectionCreator: Foxe, John, 1516-1587 Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Complete set of woodcut illustrations from the first (1563), second (1570), third (1576), and fourth (1583) English editions of John Foxe’s Actes and Monuments; complete set of woodcut illustrations from the second Latin edition (1559); title page images from the Latin editions (1554 and 1559); a... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Wielding branding irons, two men sear the breasts of two topless women. The women stand bound to a stake, and a nearby fire heats additional irons. (Cartouche: "The searyng of wo=mens brestes.95." ["The searing of women's breasts. 95."]). This woodcut appears on the "Table of the Ten First Persec... -
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: An executioner lowers Gardiner by chain from a gallows into a blaze. A crowd of soldiers and civilians observes, and a friar and a priest on horseback jeer. The stumps of Gardiner's bleeding wrists indicate that his hands have been cut off. According to Foxe, the execution occurs in Lisbon at the... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Workers lower Gardiner into a fire from a gallows, and a group of soldiers observes from a distance. The martyrdom occurs on a Portuguese shoreline. The stumps of Gardiner's wrists drip blood, following the removal of his hands. This woodcut appears only in the 1559 Latin edition. No Luborsky and... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Surrounded by freshly lit faggots, Flower ("Lord receiue my spirite." ["Lord receive my spirit."]) stands against a stake and raises his arms upward. Workers add new faggots to the pyre. Flower's right hand has been cut off and impaled on a spear, and his wrist bleeds at its stump. A man on horse... -
Contributing Institution: Moravian College and Theological Seminary Reeves Library Description: Plate 15 in 1757 German text related to the Moravian Church (Kurze, zuverlaszige nachricht von der unter dem namen der Bomisch-Mahrischen bruder bekannten kirche Unitas Fratrum). Participants are noted as:A. The Pastor who gives them to each other; B.B. B. The bridegrooms; C.C.C. The brides; D.D.... -
Creator: Bruins Slot, J. A. H. J. S. Contributing Institution: Princeton Theological Seminary Library View Full Item at Princeton Theological Seminary Library -
Contributing Institution: Claremont School of Theology Library Description: Æ 3 minted at Aquileia, A.D. 375-378. Diademed, cuirassed and draped bust right of Valens. JPG file (58 KB)