Fifteenth century

The Four Elements: Earth, Water, Lettuce, Spaghetti.

The Four Elements: Earth, Water, Lettuce, Spaghetti.
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From
Bartholomaeus Anglicus, Bartholomeus de proprietatibus rerum
Printed
Westminster: Wynkyn de Worde, 1495
Image from
Early English Books Online (STC 1536)

First posted on Twitter for #WoodcutWednesday on 11 November 2015: the original tweet.

Here endeth this leaf of the Commonplace Book, which ſheweth Bartholomeus de proprietatibus rerum (Westminster: Wynkyn de Worde, 1495), the work of Bartholomaeus Anglicus and not of this preſs; only the caption is the Senſeſhaper’s. The image is from Early English Books Online (STC 1536). Copied into this book the eleventh day of November, 2015. Finis.

Cite the original
Bartholomaeus Anglicus.
Bartholomeus de proprietatibus rerum.
Westminster: Wynkyn de Worde, 1495.
Early English Books Online (STC 1536).

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