Seventeenth century
God, walking his #NotALion.
- From
- Henry Peacham, Minerua Britanna or A garden of heroical deuises furnished, and adorned with…
- Printed
- 1612
- Image from
- Early English Books Online (STC 19511)
The Commonplace Book
Woodcuts and pictures from other people’s books, copied out with a caption apiece, as early modern readers kept commonplace books. First gathered on Twitter: #WoodcutWednesday, #NotALion and the manuscripts.
Seventeenth century
The battle for King #NotALion.
- From
- Henry Peacham, Minerua Britanna or A garden of heroical deuises furnished, and adorned with…
- Printed
- 1612
- Image from
- Early English Books Online (STC 19511)
Seventeenth century
Hop on board the overcompensation express!
- From
- Henry Peacham, Minerua Britanna or A garden of heroical deuises furnished, and adorned with…
- Printed
- 1612
- Image from
- Early English Books Online (STC 19511)
Seventeenth century
When your #NotALion gets into your opium.
- From
- Henry Peacham, Minerua Britanna or A garden of heroical deuises furnished, and adorned with…
- Printed
- 1612
- Image from
- Early English Books Online (STC 19511)
Seventeenth century
Obelisks and the women who love them.
- From
- Henry Peacham, Minerua Britanna or A garden of heroical deuises furnished, and adorned with…
- Printed
- 1612
- Image from
- Early English Books Online (STC 19511)
Seventeenth century
SHARE IF YOU AGREE!
- From
- Henry Peacham, Minerua Britanna or A garden of heroical deuises furnished, and adorned with…
- Printed
- 1612
- Image from
- Early English Books Online (STC 19511)
Seventeenth century
Woodcut Wednesday, 13 April 2016
- From
- Henry Peacham, Minerua Britanna or A garden of heroical deuises furnished, and adorned with…
- Printed
- 1612
- Image from
- Early English Books Online (STC 19511)
Seventeenth century
Woodcut Wednesday, 13 April 2016
- From
- Henry Peacham, Minerua Britanna or A garden of heroical deuises furnished, and adorned with…
- Printed
- 1612
- Image from
- Early English Books Online (STC 19511)
Seventeenth century
When your crush walks into the club and you’re like…
- From
- Henry Peacham, Minerua Britanna or A garden of heroical deuises furnished, and adorned with…
- Printed
- 1612
- Image from
- Early English Books Online (STC 19511)
Seventeenth century
Even God loves a #NotALion.
- From
- Henry Peacham, Minerua Britanna or A garden of heroical deuises furnished, and adorned with…
- Printed
- 1612
- Image from
- Early English Books Online (STC 19511)
Seventeenth century
"This is the last time I use a turtle as the instrument of my wrath," thought God.
- From
- Henry Peacham, Minerua Britanna or A garden of heroical deuises furnished, and adorned with…
- Printed
- 1612
- Image from
- Early English Books Online (STC 19511)
Seventeenth century
Early modern Starbucks specialized in aprecockes and surrealism.
- From
- Henry Peacham, Minerua Britanna or A garden of heroical deuises furnished, and adorned with…
- Printed
- 1612
- Image from
- Early English Books Online (STC 19511)
Seventeenth century
Tired of life, the feeble-minded Jack decided to blow himself away.
- From
- Henry Peacham, Minerua Britanna or A garden of heroical deuises furnished, and adorned with…
- Printed
- 1612
- Image from
- Early English Books Online (STC 19511)
Seventeenth century
The snake-belt craze of 1612 was, sadly, short-lived.
- From
- Henry Peacham, Minerua Britanna or A garden of heroical deuises furnished, and adorned with…
- Printed
- 1612
- Image from
- Early English Books Online (STC 19511)
Seventeenth century
Boats make God sad.
- From
- Henry Peacham, Minerua Britanna or A garden of heroical deuises furnished, and adorned with…
- Printed
- 1612
- Image from
- Early English Books Online (STC 19511)
Seventeenth century
SHARE IF YOU AGREE!
- From
- Henry Peacham, Minerua Britanna or A garden of heroical deuises furnished, and adorned with…
- Printed
- 1612
- Image from
- Early English Books Online (STC 19511)
Seventeenth century
"This is the last time I use a turtle as the instrument of my wrath," thought God.
- From
- Henry Peacham, Minerua Britanna or A garden of heroical deuises furnished, and adorned with…
- Printed
- 1612
- Image from
- Early English Books Online (STC 19511)
Seventeenth century
I'm so fancy, You already know. I'm in the fast lane From L.A. to Tokyo.
- From
- John Davies, A work for none but angels & men that is to be…
- Printed
- 1658
- Image from
- Early English Books Online (Wing D410)
Seventeenth century
When you Tweet at your crush, but you don’t get an @ back.
- From
- John Davies, A work for none but angels & men that is to be…
- Printed
- 1658
- Image from
- Early English Books Online (Wing D410)
Seventeenth century
"How do I represent the will?" -"A woman with her own face on a jug of beer?" "Done."
- From
- John Davies, A work for none but angels & men that is to be…
- Printed
- 1658
- Image from
- Early English Books Online (Wing D410)
Seventeenth century
"How do I represent the Understanding?" -"Got it. Place a sun-face in a lady's hand."
- From
- John Davies, A work for none but angels & men that is to be…
- Printed
- 1658
- Image from
- Early English Books Online (Wing D410)
Seventeenth century
Memory as an act of writing.
- From
- John Davies, A work for none but angels & men that is to be…
- Printed
- 1658
- Image from
- Early English Books Online (Wing D410)
Seventeenth century
Seeing, smelling, hearing, and feeling. Sadly, no image for tasting.
- From
- John Davies, A work for none but angels & men that is to be…
- Printed
- 1658
- Image from
- Early English Books Online (Wing D410)
Seventeenth century
#PokemonGO gets weirder and weirder.
- From
- Francis Quarles, Emblemes
- Printed
- London: G. Miller, sold by John Marriot, 1635
- Image from
- Early English Books Online (STC 20540)