Sixteenth century
“I said, noli me tangere, motherfucker!”
- From
- William Tyndale, The Newe Testament yet once agayne corrected by Willyam Tindale
- Printed
- Antwerp, 1536
- Image from
- Early English Books Online (STC 2832)
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
When even Jesus is fed up with your shit.
- 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
When you thought you were alone, but your roommate barges into your bedroom.
- 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
When you want to leave the club, but that one friend wants “one more.”
- 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
When you're ready to leave the club, but your ride orders another round.
- 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
When tourists ask you for directions, but you don't know what the hell you're doing.
- 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
When that one aunt rolls up with her crock-pot to the family reunion.
- 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
That moment when you realize you’ve taken too much acid.
- 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
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)
Sixteenth century
“No. No. No. No handouts. It will create a culture of dependency.”
- 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
"No. The 'Good News' wasn't that you would get a new, more realistic face, #NotALion."
- 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
One of my favorite woodcut #NotALion. Oddly enough, in a treatise on physiognomy. The contemplation of mankinde. Printed by William Seres in London, 1571.
- From
- Thomas Hill, The contemplation of mankinde contayning a singuler discourse after the art of…
- Printed
- 1571
- Image from
- Early English Books Online (STC 13482)