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.

Sixteenth century

The four horsemen of the Apocalypse.

From
William Tyndale, The Newe Testament yet once agayne corrected by Willyam Tindale
Printed
Antwerp, 1536
Image from
Early English Books Online (STC 2832)
Sixteenth century

Mansplaining on the Mount.

From
William Tyndale, The Newe Testament yet once agayne corrected by Willyam Tindale
Printed
Antwerp, 1536
Image from
Early English Books Online (STC 2832)
Sixteenth century

“I’m not quite dead yet.”

From
William Tyndale, The Newe Testament yet once agayne corrected by Willyam Tindale
Printed
Antwerp, 1536
Image from
Early English Books Online (STC 2832)
Seventeenth century

This angel: Bitch, please.

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

God loves gardening.

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

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)
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

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

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)
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