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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: 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: Jerome (Girolamo Savonarola, an Italian monk) and his two companions, barefoot and wearing long robes, hang chained to the gallows and are engulfed in flames. Revised version of Luborsky and Ingram 11223/21, which appears in the second (1570), third (1576), and fourth (1583) early English editio... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: John Florence, in 1424, is barebacked and bleeding, barefooted while carrying a long-stemmed taper. He walks while being flogged by a man marked as "Somner [Summoner? Bonner?]." Other men observe. A similar image appears only once in the second edition (1570), where it is clear that Bishop Edm... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: “The description of the burning of Iohn [John] Hus, contrary to the safe conduct granted unto him.” John Hus stands chained to a stake surrounded by stacked bundles of straw. According to the text surrounding the image, Hus’ hat is called a “Crown of Paper” and is being used to commit his soul u... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: "The description of the horrible Burning of Iohn [John] Badby, and how he was used at his death." Badby pleads, "Mercy Lord Iesus [Jesus] Christ mercy" (in earlier editions he says, "Lord Iesus [Jesus] Christ helpe [help] me"), as he is boiled in a barrel while workers stoke the fire beneath him.... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Five bearded, barefoot men carry straw on their backs as a form of penance. The caption beneath the image reads, "This bag full of straw I beare [bear] on my back, Because my lords horse his litter did lack, If ye be not good to my lords graces horse, ye are like to goe [go] barefoot before the c... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: “Divers Persons counted for Lollards, hanged and burned in the first year of the Reign of King Henry the V (1413).” Two groups of Lollards hang on separate sets of gallows. Four men stoke the fire beneath the hanging men while a fifth man sits on a horse and directs the action. This design is ...