#WoodcutWednesday

Woodcuts from early printed books, posted on Twitter every Wednesday from 2012, with a caption apiece.

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)

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)