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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: Two clothed and bearded men burn at the stake. The martyr on the left rests his left arm on the shoulder of the right martyr, and both martyrs raise an arm upward. The martyrs gaze at each other as they burn. This woodcut appears twice in the fourth edition (1583) to illustrate the burning of Rob... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Two men burn at the stake. They stand back to back, and one man raises his left arm. This woodcut appears four times the fourth edition (1583) to illustrate the burning of John Claydon and Richard Turming (sig. KK2v, p. 640); Thomas Barnard and James Mordon (sig. XX3v, p. 774); William Sweting an... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Two men burn at the stake. They stand back to back, and one man raises his left arm. This woodcut appears four times in the third edition (1576) to illustrate the burning of John Claydon and Richard Turming (sig. HH3r, p. 617); Thomas Barnard and James Mordon (sig. TT3v, p. 750); James Brewster a... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Two men burn at the stake. They stand back to back, and one man raises his left arm. This woodcut appears four times in the second edition (1570) to illustrate the burning of John Claydon and Richard Turming (sig. Uu1v, p. 758); Thomas Barnard and James Mordon (sig. LL3r, p. 117 [for 917]); Willi... -
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Two clothed and bearded men burn at the stake. The martyr on the left rests his left arm on the shoulder of the right martyr, and both martyrs raise an arm upward. The martyrs gaze at each other as they burn. This woodcut appears twice in the second edition (1570) to illustrate the burning of Rob...