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1054x579, 2108x1158, 364x200, 4215x2316, 750x412 | From the Biblia Pauperum. Block Book. 15th Century.Pentateuch of Printing with a Chapter on Judges (1891) This image is taken from a fifteenth century “Speculum humanæ salvationis”, probably from the first Latin edition of around 1470. The panels represent the fall of Lucifer and the creation of Eve from [...] Keywords: page images, religion, woodcuts, frames, angels, devils, demons, christianity, bible pictures, biblical scenes, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2014-10-30 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1148x1537, 149x200, 1530x2049, 560x750 | Title page, Sayings of AlvedDie Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878) This image is the title page of a book by John Lonicerus listing things that Augustin Alveld said or wrote about Martin Luther. Got that? Good! The woodcut border round the title was made by Lucas Cra [...] Keywords: title pages, woodcuts, page images, typography, borders, animals, people, drunkenness, printing presses, printing, birds, martin luther, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2020-10-21 + S K L |
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1775x1533, 232x200, 750x648 | An Owl in the Pope’s CouncilWonderful Prodigies of Judgement and Mercy (1685) The woodcut shows people using sticks to get rid of an owl that had entered a meeting of the pope, the people there taking this as a supernatural event. Pope John the Twenty Third called a Council at [...] Keywords: woodcuts, popes, people, meetings, owls, birds, omens, portents, religion, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2025-02-01 + S K L |
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| 1280x800, 1440x900, 1680x1050, 1920x1200, 320x200, 768x480 | Ointment of the ZodiacDie Holzschnitte des Petrarca-Meisters zu Petrarcas Werk "Von der Artzney bayder Glück des guten und widerwärtigen" Augsburg 1532 Gebundene Ausgabe – 1955 (1532) On the left is a pharmacist (chemist) at work in his apothecary; he is preparing bandages by brushing them with an ointment. On the right is a diagram showing the supposed planetary influences of diff [...] Keywords: people, medicine, zodiac, woodcuts, petrarch, interiors, shops, apothecaries, illness, nudity, bare feet, astrology, greyscale Places shown: unspecified Added: 2018-01-18 + S K L |
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1240x1076, 1653x1434, 1653x1434, 230x200, 698x605, 930x807 | King Henry II whipped by the Pope’s OrderWonderful Prodigies of Judgement and Mercy (1685) The text reads “K. Hen. 2. whipt by the Popes Order pa. 88” “henry the Second our King, was much vexed by this Pope [Alexander III] for the death of Thomas Becket, whom the Pope made St. Thomas for op [...] Keywords: penance, punishments, religion, people, royalty, bare feet, woodcuts, cathedrals, interiors, monks, religion, christianity, grayscale Places shown: Canterbury; Kent; England Added: 2005-02-26 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1255x1167, 1673x1556, 215x200, 705x656, 941x875 | Queen Bohemia swallowed up aliveWonderful Prodigies of Judgement and Mercy (1685) The chapter heading is Chap IV. The Wicked Lives, and Woful Deaths of several Popes, and likewise of Apostates, and Desperate Persecutors, but the running heads on each page say The woful Deaths of Wi [...] Keywords: punishments, religion, people, royalty, death, woodcuts, justice, animals, dogs, carriages, city walls, bone, greyscale Places shown: Prague; Bohemia Added: 2006-03-16 + S K L R N |
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