Fifteenth century
It’s a #NotALion kind of #WoodcutWednesday.
- From
- Bartholomaeus Anglicus, Bartholomeus de proprietatibus rerum
- Printed
- Westminster: Wynkyn de Worde, 1495
- Image from
- Early English Books Online (STC 1536)
#WoodcutWednesday
Woodcuts from early printed books, posted on Twitter every Wednesday from 2012, with a caption apiece.
Fifteenth century
…And, lo, a wild naked Virgin appeared.
- From
- Aesop, Here begynneth the book of the subtyl historyes and fables of Esope…
- Printed
- 1484
- Image from
- Early English Books Online (STC 175)
Fifteenth century
And Aesop just sat back and enjoyed what he'd created–a complete and total barf-o-rama!
- From
- Aesop, Here begynneth the book of the subtyl historyes and fables of Esope…
- Printed
- 1484
- Image from
- Early English Books Online (STC 175)
Fifteenth century
If you feelin’ like a pimp, go and brush your shoulders off.
- From
- Aesop, Here begynneth the book of the subtyl historyes and fables of Esope…
- Printed
- 1484
- Image from
- Early English Books Online (STC 175)
Fifteenth century
Terrence finally realized that Mime School was not for him.
- From
- Aesop, Here begynneth the book of the subtyl historyes and fables of Esope…
- Printed
- 1484
- Image from
- Early English Books Online (STC 175)
Fifteenth century
That awkward moment where, as a third wheel, you find yourself conversing with the sun.
- From
- Aesop, Here begynneth the book of the subtyl historyes and fables of Esope…
- Printed
- 1484
- Image from
- Early English Books Online (STC 175)
Fifteenth century
Deep-throating a cock.
- From
- Aesop, Here begynneth the book of the subtyl historyes and fables of Esope…
- Printed
- 1484
- Image from
- Early English Books Online (STC 175)
Fifteenth century
PUPPIES!
- From
- Aesop, Here begynneth the book of the subtyl historyes and fables of Esope…
- Printed
- 1484
- Image from
- Early English Books Online (STC 175)
Fifteenth century
These rats: "Are those dicks?" "Yes. Those are almost certainly dicks."
- From
- Aesop, Here begynneth the book of the subtyl historyes and fables of Esope…
- Printed
- 1484
- Image from
- Early English Books Online (STC 175)
Fifteenth century
OTD in 1484, the Ass Rebellion began with this blow.
- From
- Aesop, Here begynneth the book of the subtyl historyes and fables of Esope…
- Printed
- 1484
- Image from
- Early English Books Online (STC 175)
Fifteenth century
A #NotA menagerie.
- From
- Aesop, Here begynneth the book of the subtyl historyes and fables of Esope…
- Printed
- 1484
- Image from
- Early English Books Online (STC 175)
Fifteenth century
"My log has something to tell you." (@DAVID_LYNCH is really a @thecampaignbook)
- From
- Aesop, Here begynneth the book of the subtyl historyes and fables of Esope…
- Printed
- 1484
- Image from
- Early English Books Online (STC 175)
Fifteenth century
This ox can’t even with this artist’s sense of proportion.
- From
- Aesop, Here begynneth the book of the subtyl historyes and fables of Esope…
- Printed
- 1484
- Image from
- Early English Books Online (STC 175)
Fifteenth century
Who needs hunting when you’ve got that good good.
- From
- Aesop, Here begynneth the book of the subtyl historyes and fables of Esope…
- Printed
- 1484
- Image from
- Early English Books Online (STC 175)
Fifteenth century
Woodcut Wednesday, 28 January 2015
- From
- Aesop, Here begynneth the book of the subtyl historyes and fables of Esope…
- Printed
- 1484
- Image from
- Early English Books Online (STC 175)
Fifteenth century
TIL: Rams love a good snuff film.
- From
- Aesop, Here begynneth the book of the subtyl historyes and fables of Esope…
- Printed
- 1484
- Image from
- Early English Books Online (STC 175)
Fifteenth century
This artist has never seen a lion before–he might not even be very familiar with people.
- From
- Aesop, Here begynneth the book of the subtyl historyes and fables of Esope…
- Printed
- 1484
- Image from
- Early English Books Online (STC 175)
Fifteenth century
Inappropriate jazz hands.
- From
- Aesop, Here begynneth the book of the subtyl historyes and fables of Esope…
- Printed
- 1484
- Image from
- Early English Books Online (STC 175)
Fifteenth century
Out, vile jelly! Where is thy lustre now?
- From
- Aesop, Here begynneth the book of the subtyl historyes and fables of Esope…
- Printed
- 1484
- Image from
- Early English Books Online (STC 175)
Fifteenth century
Dafuq
- From
- Aesop, Here begynneth the book of the subtyl historyes and fables of Esope…
- Printed
- 1484
- Image from
- Early English Books Online (STC 175)
Fifteenth century
Unsafe sex.
- From
- Aesop, Here begynneth the book of the subtyl historyes and fables of Esope…
- Printed
- 1484
- Image from
- Early English Books Online (STC 175)
Fifteenth century
@ProQuest to researchers, basically.
- From
- Marcus Porcius Cato, Hic incipit paruus Catho
- Printed
- 1483
- Image from
- Early English Books Online (STC 4852)
Fifteenth century
The Four Elements: Earth, Water, Lettuce, Spaghetti.
- From
- Bartholomaeus Anglicus, Bartholomeus de proprietatibus rerum
- Printed
- Westminster: Wynkyn de Worde, 1495
- Image from
- Early English Books Online (STC 1536)
Fifteenth century
Worst. Nap. Ever.
- From
- Bartholomaeus Anglicus, Bartholomeus de proprietatibus rerum
- Printed
- Westminster: Wynkyn de Worde, 1495
- Image from
- Early English Books Online (STC 1536)