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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: Ohio State University Libraries and Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library Description: This woodcut image depicts selected reforms of the English church that transpired during the reign of King Edward VI. Priests and tonsured friars carry censing bells, mass books, crucifixes, and other allegedly dangerous objects of Roman Catholic devotion from a church ("The Temple well purged") ... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Henry IV, King of Germany and future Holy Roman Emperor, awaits Pope Gregory VII (Hildebrand) before the closed gates of Canosa in January 1077. He stands barefoot with his wife and son who also stand barefoot. Clerics and monks mock the king from above, while Gregory dallies with a woman. This w... -
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: In this illustration of the succession of Saxon kings from King Egbert to King Edward the Confessor, crown-topped orbs contain the name of each king, except for the two orbs that contain no crowns and the name of a non-ruling descendent. Each orb also contains the length of the respective king's ... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: This map of England displays rivers and the political division of the country among seven Saxon kingdoms plus Scotland, Wales, and Gaul. Dotted lines designate territorial boundaries. Xylographic type identifies each kingdom on the woodcut in Latin (L) and Anglo-Saxon (AS) script, and the woodcut...