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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: 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...