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Queen Bohemia swallowed up alive Wonderful Prodigies of Judgement and Mercy (1685)

The chapter heading isChap IV. The Wicked Lives, and Woful Deaths of several Popes, and likewise of Apostates, and Desperate Persecutors, but the running heads on each page sayThe woful Deaths of Wick [...]

Keywords: punishments, religion, people, royalty, death, woodcuts, justice, animals, dogs, carriages, city walls, bone, greyscale

Places shown: Prague; Bohemia

Added: 2006-03-16

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Horse Racing: Finish Moderne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band VII (1893)

It’s a horse race, and the two leading horses are coming towards us, neck and neck for a close finish.

Keywords: horse racing, horses, jockeys, people, colour, men, competition, competitive, sports, sporting events

Places shown: none

Added: 2022-06-05

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A Blasphemer turned into a black dog Wonderful Prodigies of Judgement and Mercy (1685)

The caption in the woodcut mentions page 4, and there is indeed an account there of someone being turned into a black dog.

Keywords: religion, animals, dogs, death, spooky, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-04-27

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A Woman torn in pieces by the Devil. pa. 14. Wonderful Prodigies of Judgement and Mercy (1685)

The “pa. 14.” refers to page 14, which has the following text:XVII. AtOster, a Village inGermany, there happened a most strange and fearful judgement upon a Woman who gave her self to the Devil, both [...]

Keywords: religion, people, spooky, greyscale

Places shown: Oster; Mosel; Germany

Added: 2006-07-28

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G. Tornai: At the harem Moderne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band XV (1901)

A woman, baring her breasts, is dancing in a harem, one arm over her heard, her feet bare. In the background a musician plays a lyre; another woman serves Moroccan-style tea on an octagonal side-table [...]

Keywords: harems, slavers, slavery, nudity, breasts, women, people, dancing, music, dance, oriental, middle eastern, interiors, bare feet, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2019-05-16

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H Hendrich: Sea Fables Moderne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band XV (1901)

Seemärchen.Here we see a woman, or perhaps a mermaid, emerging from the sea onto a rock, dripping with water. She is gazing at a sea-monster or dragon some way away, coming through a natural stone arc [...]

Keywords: people, women, water, monsters, sea creatures, mythological creatures, dragons, rocks, cities, illustrations for children, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2020-02-29

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All goes down Gutter-lane; As Wise as a Man of Gotham; As good as George of Green; [woodcut: stout man drinks from mug, holds saussage with a fork] Dictionary of Proverbs (1917)

Keywords: page images, proverbs, people, food, colour

Places shown: unspecified

Added: 2001-03-07

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Sue a Beggar and catch a Louse; Many Hands make Light Work; [woodcut: well-dressed man scratches his head standing near a beggar with outstretched hat] Dictionary of Proverbs (1917)

Keywords: page images, proverbs, people, colour

Places shown: unspecified

Added: 2001-03-08

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Need makes the old Wife trot; [woodcut: barefoot old woman hitches up skirts to cross a stream] Dictionary of Proverbs (1917)

Keywords: page images, proverbs, bare feet, people, rivers, colour

Places shown: unspecified

Added: 2001-03-08

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One Man had better steal a Horse than another look over the Hedge; [woodcut: highayman with hat and cape leads a horse] Dictionary of Proverbs (1917)

Keywords: page images, proverbs, animals, people, colour

Places shown: unspecified

Added: 2001-03-10

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After sweet Meat comes sour Sauce; [woodcut of stout man, seated, with bandaged foot] Dictionary of Proverbs (1917)

Keywords: page images, proverbs, people, colour

Places shown: unspecified

Added: 2001-03-25

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Scriptorium Monk at Work Pentateuch of Printing with a Chapter on Judges (1891)

Scriptorium Monk at Work (fromLacroix.)

A monk copies a text from a large book on his writing-table. The shape of the hat suggests an Orthodox monk to me, but see the comments.

Keywords: people, books, scholars, christmas, colour

Places shown: unspecified

Added: 2003-03-28

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Old Advert: 12: Drumnadrochit Hotel at Lochness South Wales and the Wye District of Monmouthshire (1892)

The back of the guide book has a section of “additional advertisements” for railways and hotels in England and Wales, Ireland and Scotland. This one takes up the whole of page 12 of that supplement an [...]

Keywords: advertisements, page images, greyscale

Places shown: Drumnadrochit; Inverness-shire; Scotland

Added: 2006-02-15

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Old Advert: 13: National & Station Hotel; Glenalbyn Hotel; Melrose hotels South Wales and the Wye District of Monmouthshire (1892)

The back of the guide book has a section of “additional advertisements” for railways and hotels in England and Wales, Ireland and Scotland. Page 13 of that supplement is headed “Scotland” and has thre [...]

Keywords: advertisements, page images, greyscale

Places shown: Scotland

Added: 2006-03-05

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Tall Bookcase Pentateuch of Printing with a Chapter on Judges (1891)

A bespectacled gentleman sits reading a large book in front of the end of a tall bookcase. This was originally used as a drop cap for the initial letter I in ‘IN’.

Keywords: letteri, initials, historiated initials, inhabited initials, people, furniture, books, colour

Places shown: unspecified

Added: 2006-03-17

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Cricklade The British Isles (1905)

“To all intents and purposes it is atCrickladethat the Thames comes into existence, and to ninety-nine Thams enthusiasts out of a hundred Cricklade itself is a mere name.” (p. 118)

Keywords: rivers, trees, water, greyscale

Places shown: Cricklade; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2006-07-05

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Stocks at Stanton Harcourt The British Isles (1905)

“Stanton Harcourt still preserves the stocks in which petty offenders were held in ludicrous durance. (p. 120)”People were forced to sit with their ankles locked into the wooden holes so that their fe [...]

Keywords: punishments, stocks, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Stanton Harcourt; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2005-12-31

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York Minster, From the South West The British Isles (1905)

Photo: Wilson, Aberdeen

Keywords: churches, cathedrals, towers, greyscale

Places shown: York; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2006-02-01

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Clevedon The British Isles (1905)

Many are the pleasant and busy towns and villages which look forth upon [the River Severn at the Bristol channel] in its salted and merged condition and know it not. Of these,Clevedonalone may be indi [...]

Keywords: views, water, greyscale

Places shown: Clevedon; Somerset; England

Added: 2006-02-01

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Plan of York The British Isles (1905)

Plan of the city of York, from approx. 1890

Keywords: maps, plans, cities, greyscale

Places shown: York; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2006-01-02

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