Fifteenth century

Kyle was really into architecture.

From: John Mandeville, Here begynneth a lytell treatyse or booke named Johan Mau[n]deuyll knyght born…
Printed: 1499
Image from: Early English Books Online (STC 17247)

First posted on Twitter for #WoodcutWednesday on 2 December 2015: the original tweet.

Here endeth this leaf of the Commonplace Book, which ſheweth Here begynneth a lytell treatyse or booke named Johan Mau[n]deuyll knyght born… (1499), the work of John Mandeville and not of this preſs; only the caption is the Senſeſhaper’s. The image is from Early English Books Online (STC 17247). Copied into this book the ſecond day of December, 2015. Finis.

Cite the original
Mandeville, John.
Here begynneth a lytell treatyse or booke named Johan Mau[n]deuyll knyght born….
1499.
Early English Books Online (STC 17247).

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