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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: 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: "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 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: "MD" (see "Soldiers drag two Christians by ropes" in this collection). -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Flames engulf Haukes ("O Lord, Receiue my spirite." ["O Lord, receive my spirit"]), who burns outside Coxehall in Essex. Haukes raises his arms above his head and gazes upward as he slumps against his chain. A man on horseback supervises the execution, and a crowd of soldiers and alarmed civilian... -
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: 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: 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: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Engulfed in flames, Farrar ("O lorde in thee I trust." ["O Lord, in thee I trust."]) slumps against a chain. His skin has almost completely burned away, leaving his skeleton clearly visible. This woodcut appears only in the first edition (1563). It is replaced by "Martyr burns at the stake (6)," ... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Taylor ("Mercifull father for Jesus sake, receiue my soule." ["Merciful father for Jesus sake, receive my soul"]) stands among faggots and extends his arms outward. Observing spectators and soldiers anticipate Taylor's execution. Two supervisors direct the preparations from horseback. This woodcu... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: A chained woman burns at the stake. She faces toward the left of the image and clasps her hands in prayer. This woodcut illustrates the burning of Cicelie Ormes (at Norwich) in the third (1576) and fourth (1583) editions. Luborsky and Ingram 11223/20. JPEG file (3.73 MB). -
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 fourth edition (1583) to illustrate the burning of Tho. Rhedonensis (sig. MM4v, p. 668); R. Wiche Priest (sig. PP3r, p. 701); John Stilman (sig. ... -
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 second edition (1570) to illustrate the burning of Tho. Rhedonensis (at Rome) (sig. Yy6r, p. 791); Richard Wyche priest (sig. DD1v, p. 830); John... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: A chained man burns at the stake. He faces toward the left of the image and clasps his hands in prayer. This woodcut appears fifteen times in the second edition (1570) to illustrate the burning of Richard Houeden (sig. Yy5r, p. 789); Babram (at Northfolk) (sig. GG1v [right], p. 866); Christopher ... -
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: A chained man burns at the stake. He faces toward the left of the image and clasps his hands in prayer. This woodcut appears eleven times in the fourth edition (1583) to illustrate the burning of Rich. Houeden (sig. MM3v, p. 666); Babram (sig. RR6r, p. 731); Christopher Shoomaker (sig. BBb6r, p. ... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: A chained man burns at the stake. He faces toward the left of the image and clasps his hands in prayer. This woodcut appears fourteen times in the third edition (1576) to illustrate the burning of Richard Houeden (sig. KK4r, p. 643); Babram (at Northfolk) (sig. PP5v, p. 706); Christopher Shomaker... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Even though this image contains six martyrs, Foxe uses it to illustrate the 1557 burning of ten martyrs at Lewes. The six martyrs, both women and men, burn at three stakes. Four of them fold their hands in prayer. A fifth, at the rear, raises his arms above his head, and a sixth, at the far left,... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Three female martyrs on the left side of the image hold their hands before them in prayer. One of the three men, at right center, holds his arms away from his body. A second man, at the far right, prays with folded hands outstretched. All six martyrs are clothed. This woodcut appears twice in the... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Three female martyrs on the left side of the image hold their hands before them in prayer. One of the three men, at right center, holds his arms away from his body. A second man, at the far right, prays with folded hands outstretched. All six martyrs are clothed. This woodcut appears twice in the... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Three female martyrs on the left side of the image hold their hands before them in prayer. One of the three men, at right center, holds his arms away from his body. A second man, at the far right, prays with folded hands outstretched. All six martyrs are clothed. This woodcut appears twice in the... -
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: This full-page woodcut insert depicts the execution of Hugh Latimer, the former Bishop of Worcester, and Nicholas Ridley, the Edwardian Bishop of London. Richard Smith ("Smith.") preaches at a portable pulpit from I Corinthians 13:3 ("Si corp[us] meu[m] tradam igni caritate[m] aute[m] non habea[m... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Engulfed in flames, Marsh burns at the stake beneath a barrel of dripping, heated tar. A soldier, partially obscured from view, stands at the right of the image. Marsh is barefoot and fully clothed. The martyrdom occurs at Chester. This woodcut appears the second (1570), third (1576), and fourth ... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Soldiers prepare to light the fire that will consume Barnes, Garret, and Jerome, who stand among faggots. This execution transpires at Smithfield, a location outside London wall that witnessed heresy executions during the reigns of Henry VIII and Mary I. A richly dressed man supervises from horse... -
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: 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 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 third edition (1576) to illustrate the burning of Robe... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Two clothed women fold their hands in prayer as they burn. This woodcut appears twice in the second edition (1570) to illustrate the burning of Agnes Potten and Joan Trunchfield (at Ipswich) (sig. FFFFf1v, p. 2072) and Margaret Thurston and Agnes Bongeor (at Colchester) (sig. SSSSs1v, p. 2216). L... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Albright, Catmer, Lomas, Snoth, and Sole (all clothed) burn at two stakes. Lomas and two of the women fold their hands before them in prayer. One of the women raises her hand above her head. The martyrdom occurs at Canterbury. Even though the design of this woodcut is similar to other woodcuts th... -
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... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Two clothed women fold their hands in prayer as they burn. This woodcut appears twice in the third edition (1576) to illustrate the burning of Agnes Potten and Joane Trunchfield (at Ipswich) (sig. AAAAa2r, p. 1787) and Margaret Thurston and Agnes Bongeor (at Colchester) (sig. LLLLl5r [left], p. 1... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Some of these burning martyrs extend their hands before them, and others fold or cross their hands in front of them. The martyrs are clothed. This woodcut appears three times in the fourth edition (1583) to illustrate the burning of [George] Catmer, [Robert] Streater, [Anthony] Burward, [George] ... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Some of these burning martyrs extend their hands before them, and others fold or cross their hands in front of them. The martyrs are clothed. This woodcut appears twice in the second edition (1570) to illustrate the burning of George Catmer, Robert Streater, Anthony Burward, George Brodbridge, an... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Some of these burning martyrs extend their hands before them, and others fold or cross their hands in front of them. The martyrs are clothed. This woodcut appears twice in the third edition (1576) to illustrate the burning of George Catmer, Robert Streater, Anthony Burward, George Brodbridge, 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: A clothed martyr kneels in a guillotine, and a soldier raises its blade to behead him. The martyr's hands are bound behind his back, and the soldier braces himself against the guillotine. (Cartouche: "Here with a certayne engine they are beheaded. 66.128." ["Here with a certain engine they are be... -
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: "MD" (see "Soldiers drag two Christians by ropes" in this collection). -
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: Four horses are fastened to four separate harnesses, each of which is connected to the limb of a martyr. The man is dressed in loincloth. Two soldiers whip the horses, which pull the man apart. (Cartouche: "The Christians drawne in peeces with wild horses. 79." ["The Christians drawn in pieces wi... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: In this overhead view of Smithfield, Askew and two companions stand chained to stakes and await martyrdom. Workers prepare faggots, and a very large crowd observes, some from windows and surrounding roofs. Nicholas Shaxton, the one-time Bishop of Salisbury who resigned his bishopric following the... -
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: A martyr stands bound to a stake and dressed in loincloth. A soldier, whose sleeves are rolled up, flays the martyr with a knife, which he wields in his right hand. As the soldier pulls away the man's skin, blood pours from the wound. The martyr gazes upward. (Cartouche: "Here their skins are plu... -
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: Gazing upward and extending his hands outward in prayer, an unclothed martyr burns at the stake. According to Luborsky and Ingram, vol. 1, p. 378, this woodcut illustrates the suffering of a German martyr. The image appears three times in the second edition (1570) to illustrate the burning Wolfga... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Gazing upward and extending his hands outward in prayer, an unclothed martyr burns at the stake. According to Luborsky and Ingram, vol. 1, p. 378, this woodcut illustrates the suffering of a German martyr. The image appears three times in the third edition (1576) to illustrate the burning of Wolf... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Gazing upward and extending his hands outward in prayer, an unclothed martyr burns at the stake. According to Luborsky and Ingram, vol. 1, p. 378, this woodcut illustrates the suffering of a German martyr. The image appears three times in the fourth edition (1583) to illustrate the burning of Wol... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: A fully clothed, bearded man extends his hands outward as he burns at the stake. This woodcut appears three times in the fourth edition (1583) to illustrate the burning of William Sawtre (sig. Yy1v, p. 518); John Castellane (sig. GGg6v, p. 880); and Raulins [White] (sig. AAAA1v, p. 1559). Luborsk... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: A fully clothed, bearded man extends his hands outward as he burns at the stake. This woodcut appears three times in the third edition (1576) to illustrate the burning of William Sawtre (sig. Uu5r, p. 501); John Castellane (sig. GGg5r, p. 853); and Rawlins White, fisherman (at Cardiff, Wales) (si... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: A fully clothed, bearded man extends his hands outward as he burns at the stake. This woodcut appears twice in the second edition (1570) to illustrate the burning of Doct. [John] Castellane (sig. HHh3v, p. 1012) and Raulins White (sig. XXXx3v, p. 1728). Luborsky and Ingram 11223/38. JPEG file (4.... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: As Burton sits backward on an ass, soldiers lead him through a town and a friar gestures at him. Burton wears garments that are decorated with devils. He burns at the stake in an upper insert, where soldiers supervise the execution and a crowd observes. Burton receives martyrdom at the hands of S... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: An unclothed man and woman burn back to back at a stake. This woodcut appears in the first (1563) and second (1570) editions to illustrate the burning of Simon Miller and Elizabeth Cooper at Norwich. It appears in the fourth edition (1583) to illustrate the burning of Alexander Gouch and Alice Dr... -
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: Cranmer stands in a fire on a small platform. He thrusts his right hand into the blaze in order to punish the hand that temporarily recanted his Protestant belief prior to his execution. A worker tends the fire on Cranmer's left, while a crowd of soldiers and others observes from a distance. Cran... -
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: Two bearded men burn at the stake. Both men wear loincloth, gaze upward, and pray. This woodcut appears four times in the third edition (1576) edition to illustrate the burning of Henry Voes and John Esch, friars Augustine (at Brussels) (sig. GGg2v, p. 848); John Bland and John Frankesh, minister... -
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: 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) ... -
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: 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 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: Against a panoramic backdrop of Windsor Castle ("The Descripsion of Windsor [Castle]" ["The Description of Windsor Castle"]), three figures burn at the stake. Workers light the pyre, and richly dressed spectators and soldiers observe, some on horseback and others on foot. At the top of the image,... -
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: 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: Five out of these six burning martyrs fold their hands in prayer or raise them outward. This woodcut appears five times in the fourth edition (1583) to illustrate the burning of W. Coker. W. Hoopper, Henry Laurence, Rich. Colliar, R. Wright, and W. Stere (at Canterbury) (sig. LLLL6r, p. 1688); Ch... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Two clothed women fold their hands in prayer as they burn. This woodcut appears twice in the fourth edition (1583) to illustrate the burning of Agnes Pote[n] and Jone Trunchfeld (at Ipswich) (sig. FFFFf6v, p. 1893) and Margaret Thurston and Agnes Bongeor (at Colchester) (sig. RRRRr4r, p. 2020). L... -
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: 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: 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: King, Debnam, and Marsh hang by the chest from three separate gallows. They suffer for allegedly destroying a rood, which burns in the foreground. The cross contains a life-size crucifix and the designation, "IHS" ("J[esus] H[ominorum] S[alvator]" ["Jesus, savior of mankind"]). A crowd of soldier... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Hunne hangs dead from a ceiling beam in Lollards' Tower, an episcopal prison at St. Paul's Cathedral in London, while his three alleged murderers exit. One murderer, who holds keys to the cell, blows out a candle on his way out. Foxe argues that Hunne was murdered before being hanged, but this th... -
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 Tayler (sig. Ii6r, p. 347) and “The story of the godly and valiant martyr master Bayfeld” (sig. Xx3r, p... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: An unclothed man burns at the stake. He raises his arms above his head and positions his palms as if in prayer. This woodcut appears in the first edition (1563), near Foxe's discussion of "Sir Roger Onley knight, and Ellenore Cobham, and the mother of the Lady Yonge." It does not appear in the se... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Bound and clothed, Wisehart hangs suspended over a fire. Chains and rope hold him to a gallows at both the waist and neck. The martyrdom occurs at St. Andrews, Scotland. This woodcut appears in the second (1570), third (1576), and fourth (1583) editions. Luborsky and Ingram 11223/55. JPEG file (3... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: As Collins burns at the stake in Smithfield, a guard holds Collins's dog by the tail and prepares to cast it in the fire. According to Foxe, Collins suffers martyrdom for having held his dog aloft, in mockery of the consecrated host, while he attended Mass. This crime also implicates the dog, who... -
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: After cutting Damlip down from a gallows, a guard disembowels him. Damlip lies propped, still living, against the gallows, and a fire burns nearby, ready to consume his entrails. The recently severed noose hangs from Damlip's neck. An official on horseback supervises the execution, and a crowd of... -
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: A soldier forcefully grasps the head of a man with his left hand and runs him through with the sword that he holds in his right hand. The martyr wears loincloth and extends his hands outward in helplessness. (Cartouche: "The Christians with swordes thrust through. 34." ["The Christians with sword...