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Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: As Laverocke and Apprice burn, the blind Apprice holds his hands out before him, and the lame Laverocke grasps a crutch in each hand. Both martyrs are clothed. The martyrdom occurs at Stratford the Bowe near London. This woodcut appears in the second (1570), third (1576), and fourth (1583) editio... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: James Bainham stands barefoot on a raised platform and undergoes penance before a congregation at St. Paul's Cathedral in London. He carries a bundle of wood and a lit candle, and a tonsured priest gestures to the congregants from behind him. This woodcut appears once in the second (1570), third ... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Surrounded by faggots, Jerome stands chained against a stake. A worker lights the fire beneath him, and frowning spectators stand by. Soldiers direct the execution from the ground and from horseback. This woodcut appears in the first through fourth editions (1563, 1570, 1576, and 1583). Luborsky ... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: As they burn, the central martyr folds her hands at her chest in prayer, and the other martyrs extend their hands outward in prayer. All three martyrs are clothed. The martyrdom occurs at Smithfield. This woodcut appears in the second (1570), third (1576), and fourth (1583) editions. Luborsky and... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Badby ("Lorde Iesus Christ helpe me." ["Lord Jesus Christ help me"]) stands waist-high in a flaming barrel, and workers tend the fire. Two richly dressed figures direct the execution from horseback and converse with Badby. Soldiers and civilians stand by. This woodcut appears in the first through... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Standing back to back among faggots, Bradford ("Repent England") and Lease ("Iesus receiue us." ["Jesus receive us"]) await martyrdom. While workers prepare additional faggots, a crowd of soldiers and supervisors encircles the pyre. This woodcut appears in the first through fourth editions (1563,... -
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: 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: In this printing device owned by Foxe's publisher, John Day, a richly dressed man speaks to another man and gestures downward with his right hand toward a skeleton. The skeleton lies on top of a casket, which is located outdoors before a city and harbor. The man speaks a subordinate clause ("Et s... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Observed by a crowd of soldiers, John Denley suffers martyrdom. As Denley raises his arms upward and sings a Psalm, Dr. John Story (xylographically identified as "D. Stori"), an ecclesiastical commissioner under Queen Mary, orders a worker to hurl a faggot at the martyr. According to Foxe, Denley... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Frith and Hewet stand among stacked faggots and await martyrdom. A large crowd observes the execution, which is about to occur in a town square. A friar addresses the crowd, some of whom gesture in alarm. Soldiers prepare the pyre, and a richly dressed man watches from horseback. This woodcut app... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Hooper stands on a platform that is engulfed in flames. A worker tends the fire and gazes at Hooper, who folds his hands in prayer at the stake. A group of soldiers and others observes from a distance. This woodcut appears only in the 1559 Latin edition. No Luborsky and Ingram #. JPEG file (1.35 ... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Flesh melts away from the nearly consumed Hooper ("Lord Iesu receiue my soul" ["Lord Jesus receive my soul"]), who burns in flames. A worker tends the fire, and a richly dressed man supervises the execution from horseback. A semicircle of soldiers and civilians surrounds the scene. Among these ob... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Wearing a hat illustrated with devils, Hus stands chained against a stone building. Faggots surround him. A worker lights the bundles at Hus's feet, and soldiers and a priest sit nearby on horseback. One soldier sarcastically offers Hus the safe-conduct paper that he had been promised by Sigismun... -
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: In anticipation of his imminent execution, Laurence raises his arms. Soldiers bring faggots for the fire and children observe, while other soldiers observe from the rear. The martyrdom occurs at Colchester in Essex. Foxe praises the children for praying for Laurence and attributes such a response... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Seated at the left, John Philpot holds a book, which symbolizes a Bible, in his right hand. Thomas Whytell sits in the stocks and is chained to the wall at the neck. A third figure stands between Philpot and Whytell. A richly dressed priest or jailor stands, with a dog, at the right side of the i... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: In anticipation of his execution, Philpot (identified xylographically as "Filpot") ("I will pay my vowes in thee, O Smithfield" ["I will pay my vows in thee, O Smithfield"]) kneels before a stake and faggots. A crowd of soldiers, priests, and civilians observes, some of whom clasp their hands in ... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Chained and consumed by flames, Rogers ("Lord receiue my spirite." ["Lord receive my spirit."]) points directly at a richly dressed man, who supervises the execution from horseback. Another man lights the fire, and a watching priest applauds. Protesters surround the execution scene and join a lar... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Cardmaker ("I. Cardmaker." ["J. Cardmaker"]) stands barefoot before piles of faggots and addresses two richly dressed men on horseback. Chained to a stake among faggots, Warne ("Bevvare of idolatry" ["Beware of idolatry"]) addresses civilians and soldiers, who gesture in return. This woodcut appe... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: An ecclesiastical official ("Officiall" ["Official"]) removes Wycliffe's bones from his coffin [identified xylographically as "Wycklyfes Bons" ["Wycliffe's bones"], and a "Sum[m]oner" ["Summoner"] and an archdeacon ("Arch. De." ["Archdeacon"]) burn them. A second official ("Comissari." ["Commissa... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Foxe replaces the traditional Saints' calendar with this iconoclastic calendar, which celebrates the deaths of Protestant and proto-Protestant martyrs. He includes columns for the year and day of each martyr's death. The calendar is printed in red and black ink and appears only in the first (1563... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Foxe replaces the traditional Saints' calendar with this iconoclastic calendar, which celebrates the deaths of Protestant and proto-Protestant martyrs. He includes columns for the year and day of each martyr's death. The calendar is printed in red and black ink and appears only in the first (1563... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Foxe replaces the traditional Saints' calendar with this iconoclastic calendar, which celebrates the deaths of Protestant and proto-Protestant martyrs. He includes columns for the year and day of each martyr's death. The calendar is printed in red and black ink and appears only in the first (1563... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Foxe replaces the traditional Saints' calendar with this iconoclastic calendar, which celebrates the deaths of Protestant and proto-Protestant martyrs. He includes columns for the year and day of each martyr's death. The calendar is printed in red and black ink and appears only in the first (1563... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Foxe replaces the traditional Saints' calendar with this iconoclastic calendar, which celebrates the deaths of Protestant and proto-Protestant martyrs. He includes columns for the year and day of each martyr's death. The calendar is printed in red and black ink and appears only in the first (1563... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Foxe replaces the traditional Saints' calendar with this iconoclastic calendar, which celebrates the deaths of Protestant and proto-Protestant martyrs. He includes columns for the year and day of each martyr's death. The calendar is printed in red and black ink and appears only in the first (1563... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: In the backdrop behind this ornamental capital "E," an enthroned King Edward VI holds a sword in his right hand as a symbol of his authority. As attendants observe, the king receives a book from a kneeling courtier. The image echoes portrayals of King Henry VIII delivering the vernacular Bible to... -
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: In this iconoclastic woodcut allegory of the English Reformation, King Henry VIII sits enthroned on a raised dais over Pope Clement VII ("P. Clem" [Pope Clement]), whose tiara lies discarded before him. John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester ("B. Fisher" [Bishop Fisher]) bends over the pope, while Card... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: King Henry VIII sits enthroned, under a cloth of state, in a richly decorated council chamber and gestures to his right. Twenty-five councilors sit on draped benches, which form two semicircles around the king, and talk among themselves. Ornamental mermaids and a child's face adorn the lower port... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: This composite, full-page woodcut insert illustrates the poisoning of John, King of England. In the upper right, a Swinstead Abbey monk ("Ego absoluo te &c." ["I absolve you, etc."]) absolves another monk, in advance, of the guilt he will incur when he poisons the king. In the lower right, the mo... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: King John of England kneels and yields his crown to Pandulphus, the papal legate, who sits in a presence chamber on a slightly raised dais. Bishops and monks observe with approval, but others (presumably laity) do so with suspicion. A cityscape is visible beyond a colonnade. This woodcut is the e... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: The pope rides through a street on a richly caparisoned horse. The Holy Roman Emperor walks beside him as a subordinate who holds his bridle. Crowned kings precede the pope and carry orbs, which symbolize their authority. Bishops and cardinals follow him, and others kneel in the lower right foreg... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: In anticipation of martyrdom, Saunders stands among faggots and raises his arms upward. An executioner nails Saunders's chain to the stake, and a richly dressed man supervises the execution from horseback. Protesting civilians and others join a group of soldiers in observing the execution. A sold... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Two soldiers prepare to throw a bound man into a den of leopards. The leopards feed on a second man, who is also bound, and prowl in hunger. The image's cartouche identifies one of these martyrs as St. Ignatius of Antioch, who perished at Rome. (Cartouche: "Ignatius & others thrown to the Libarde... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: This table describes the relationship between the length of the day and the position of the sun. Data appear for the months of December through June, reflecting a movement from shorter to longer days. The table is printed in red and black and appears only in the first edition (1563). No Luborsky ... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Two sets of Lollard martyrs hang over flames, from two separate gallows, while soldiers tend the fire under each gallows. A man on horseback directs the execution, which occurs during the first year of the reign of King Henry V (1413). This woodcut appears in the second (1570), third (1576), and ... -
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: As Margery Polley burns, she gazes upward and crosses her arms at her chest. She is fully clothed. The martyrdom occurs at Tonbridge. This woodcut appears in the second (1570), third (1576), and fourth (1583) editions. Luborsky and Ingram 11223/73. JPEG file (4.06 MB). -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Martin Bucer and Paul Fagius were continental Protestant theologians who migrated to England during the reign of Edward VI in order to escape Catholic persecution in Europe. Both died during the period of Edward's rule, at Cambridge, but religious authorities under Queen Mary exhumed their remain... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: A bearded man stands among faggots and gestures with upraised arms. Some among the crowd kneel before the man, and soldiers observe from behind. This woodcut appears three times in the second edition (1570) to illustrate the burning of William White (sig. Yy3r, p. 785); John Goose (EE5r, p. 849);... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: A bearded man stands among faggots and gestures with upraised arms. Some among the crowd kneel before the man, and soldiers observe from behind. This woodcut appears three times in the third edition (1576) to illustrate the burning of William White (sig. KK2r, p. 639); John Goose (sig. OO4v, p. 6... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: A bearded man stands among faggots and gestures with upraised arms. Some among the crowd kneel before the man, and soldiers observe from behind. This woodcut appears four times in the fourth edition (1583) to illustrate the burning of William White (sig. MM1v, p. 662); John Goose (sig. QQ5r, p. 7... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: An elderly man stands at a stake among faggots and gestures at a surrounding crowd of civilians and soldiers. This woodcut appears nine times in the second edition (1570) to illustrate the burning of William Taylour priest (sig. Yy1r, p. 781); W. Tilseley or rather Tylseworth and Tho. Chase (sig.... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: An elderly man stands at a stake among faggots and gestures at a surrounding crowd of civilians and soldiers. This woodcut appears nine times in the third edition (1576) to illustrate the burning of William Taylour priest (sig. II6v [left], p. 636); Thomas Man (sig. BBb4r, p. 791); Richard Feurus... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: An elderly man stands at a stake among faggots and gestures at a surrounding crowd of civilians and soldiers. This woodcut appears nine times in the fourth edition (1583) to illustrate the burning of William Tailour, Priest (sig. LL6r [left], p. 659); Thomas Man (sig. BBb5r, p. 817); Richard Feur... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: An unclothed man burns at the stake. He raises his arms and positions his palms outward. This woodcut appears twice in the first edition (1563), near Foxe's discussion of the burning of William Sautrey (sig. O5v, p. 142) and "the story of Thomas Rhedon a french man, and a Carmelite friar burnt in... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: An unclothed man burns at the stake. He raises his arms and positions his palms outward. This woodcut appears once in the second edition (1570) to illustrate the burning of William Sawtre (sig. Hh3v, p. 618). It does not appear in the third (1576) and fourth (1583) editions. Luborsky and Ingram 1... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: An unclothed man burns at the stake. He turns his arms to his right and his head to his left. This woodcut appears twice in the first edition (1563), near Foxe's discussion of “Sir Roger Acton knight, Master John Browne Gentleman, John Benerle a preacher, with many other more" (sig. R3r, p. 173) ...