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.
![The Gate of #NotALion[s]. Catedral de Santa María de Toledo.](https://i0.wp.com/shapingwoodcuts.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/the-gate-of-notalions-catedral-de-santa-maria-notalion-cabinet-shaping-woodcuts-1024x768.jpg?w=600&quality=75&ssl=1)
I’m sexy and I know it…
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- Gallica, Bibliothèque nationale de France
Overcompensating man.
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- Gallica, Bibliothèque nationale de France
I don’t think acupuncture will help fix that.
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- Gallica, Bibliothèque nationale de France
My spirit animal.
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- Gallica, Bibliothèque nationale de France
Duckface. Ruining selfies since the seventeenth century.
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- Gallica, Bibliothèque nationale de France
Emojis have gotten weird.
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- Gallica, Bibliothèque nationale de France
Before Steampunk, there was Bellowspunk.
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- Gallica, Bibliothèque nationale de France
All of these look like they could have been done by Doctor Seuss, but damn…
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- Gallica, Bibliothèque nationale de France
It’s almost Friday!
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- Gallica, Bibliothèque nationale de France
Kind of love this one.
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- Gallica, Bibliothèque nationale de France
Reginald was the worst soup-taster of all time.
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- Gallica, Bibliothèque nationale de France
Check out this fucking hipster.
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The size of bags has gotten out of control.
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- Gallica, Bibliothèque nationale de France
Fed up with everyone's sagging pants, Tyler unsucessfully tried to propose a fashion alternative.
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- Gallica, Bibliothèque nationale de France
Flossing isn’t going to help that, Steve.
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- Gallica, Bibliothèque nationale de France
Look at this #covfefe, covfefing around.
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- Gallica, Bibliothèque nationale de France