A woodcut depicting a skeleton (= Death) taking a child from their home as their mother is in the process of preparing a meal and another child cries after them. An hourglass, the reminder of human mortality, rests on the floor. The woodcut is accompanied by a verse from Job 14 translated into French (top) and then reformatted into verse (bottom).
A woodcut depicting a skeleton (= Death) taking a child from their home as their mother is in the process of preparing a meal and another child cries after them. An hourglass, the reminder of human mortality, rests on the floor. The woodcut is accompanied by a verse from Job 14 translated into French (top) and then reformatted into verse (bottom).
An engraving depicting the torture of Waldensians, who Pope Innocent III denounced as heretics, by pressing hot irons to their hands. The image shows a clergyman holding a burning iron above the hand of a Waldensian while a crowd watches.
An engraving depicting the torture of Waldensians, who Pope Innocent III denounced as heretics, by pressing hot irons to their hands. The image shows a clergyman holding a burning iron above the hand of a Waldensian while a crowd watches.
A pair of engravings depicting a representation of a ballot for a papal election (top) and a design for the structure of the temporary living spaces for Cardinals during the papal conclave (bottom).
A pair of engravings depicting a representation of a ballot for a papal election (top) and a design for the structure of the temporary living spaces for Cardinals during the papal conclave (bottom).
An engraving depicting the torture of Ursel, a schoolteacher. The image shows Ursel hung by her wrists from a post in a torture chamber being scourged by a man while a crowd watches.
An engraving depicting the torture of Ursel, a schoolteacher. The image shows Ursel hung by her wrists from a post in a torture chamber being scourged by a man while a crowd watches.
An engraved headpiece to the fourth, tenth, and sixteenth books of Moyne's epic, "Saint Louys," depicting a royal crown decorated with a crown of thorns, sitting atop a cushion on a table decorated with fleur-de-lis. Four monsters with human faces, lion's paws, snake's tails, and wings flank the crown and above the scene is a banner with the Latin motto, "Vincior hac Vincoque" (that which is bound here also conquers).
An engraved headpiece to the fourth, tenth, and sixteenth books of Moyne's epic, "Saint Louys," depicting a royal crown decorated with a crown of thorns, sitting atop a cushion on a table decorated with fleur-de-lis. Four monsters with human faces, lion's paws, snake's tails, and wings flank the crown and above the scene is a banner with the Latin motto, "Vincior hac Vincoque" (that which is bound here also conquers).
An engraving of Daniel sleeping (left) as his vision of the four beasts (right) appear, each beast labeled with the kingdom they represent: Roma (Rome), Grecia (Greece), Persia, and Assyria.
An engraving of Daniel sleeping (left) as his vision of the four beasts (right) appear, each beast labeled with the kingdom they represent: Roma (Rome), Grecia (Greece), Persia, and Assyria.
An engraving depicting the execution of Wolfgang Pinder. The image shows Pinder bound and on the ground as his executioner cuts at his neck with a sword while a crowd watches.
An engraving depicting the execution of Wolfgang Pinder. The image shows Pinder bound and on the ground as his executioner cuts at his neck with a sword while a crowd watches.
An engraving depicting a bust of Wenceslas, King of Germany, surrounded by a sword, manacle, and orbis cruciger with a barred window in the background.
An engraving depicting a bust of Wenceslas, King of Germany, surrounded by a sword, manacle, and orbis cruciger with a barred window in the background.
An engraving depicting the torture of Huguenots in Poitou. The image shows a man bound and forced to drink through a funnel (bottom right), a man having his hand boiled (center left), and a man forced to inhale smoke from a pipe (background center).
An engraving depicting the torture of Huguenots in Poitou. The image shows a man bound and forced to drink through a funnel (bottom right), a man having his hand boiled (center left), and a man forced to inhale smoke from a pipe (background center).
Still image
Text
Still image
Still image
Still image
Still image
Still image
Still image
Still image
Still image
Still image
Still image