Medieval Life Illustrations

Woodcuts depicting scenes from medieval life, illustrating themes such as death, temptation, and traditional trades common during the era.

Plate from a block-book illustrating sin of impatience (the folly of man). The dying man, tempted by a devil, has overturned the table and Is kicking his doctor. Dated 15th Century

Historic print, woodcut of 1553, front page by Hans Sachs, 1494 - 1576, a Nuremberg poet, playwright and Meistersinger, from Bildatlas zur Geschichte der Deutschen Nationalliteratur, an illustrated atlas by Gustav Koennecke, 1887

Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible) 1530-1584.Tsar of Russia from 1533. Assumed power in 1547. Woodcut

mining mines paternoster woodcut ""Vom Bergwerk"" by Georgius

Allegory on the surrender of Ostende to the Spanish under general Spinola. Date: 2 September 1604

Coin makers at work; 1577; Black and White Illustration;

Augustus; Maanden van het jaar.Two figures eating and drinking next to a mower working on the land. Above left a virgin.

The Parable and the Sower, from Das Plenarium 1517 Hans Schäufelein German. The Parable and the Sower, from Das Plenarium 670693

The Nuremberg Chronicle is an illustrated world history. Its structure follows the story of human history as related in the Bible; it includes the histories of a number of important Western cities. Written in Latin by Hartmann Schedel, with a version in German translation by Georg Alt, it appeared in 1493. It is one of the best-documented early printed books. It is classified as an incunabulum - that is, a book, pamphlet, or broadside that was printed (not handwritten) before the year 1501 in Europe. It is also one of the first to successfully integrate illustrations and text. Latin scholars refer to it as Liber Chronicarum (Book of Chronicles) as this phrase appears in the index introduction of the Latin edition. English speakers have long referred to it as the Nuremberg Chronicle after the city in which it was published. German speakers refer to it as Die Schedelsche Weltchronik (Schedel's World History) in honour of its author. The illustrations in many copies were hand-coloured aft

Etching from 1548 by Augustin Hirschvogel depicting the burning thorn bush, created using type printing.

The image of a letterpress from the years 1520, digital improved reproduction of an original print from 1880

Man Walking Towards a Grave. Dated: c. 1495. Medium: hand-colored woodcut. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: German 15th Century.

Saint Vitus, according to Christian legend, was a Christian saint from Sicily. He died as a martyr during the persecution of Christians by co-ruling Roman Emperors Diocletian and Maximian in 303. Wood cut showing Saint Vitus, from the en: Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493

Instrument of mathematical precision for designing objects in perspective. Facsimile of an engraving of Albert Durer's work "Institutionem Geometricarum Libri Quatuor" in 1535. Sciences & Lettres au Moyen Age et a l'epoque de la Renaissance. Paris, 1877.

Woman and peacock, 1475 (1964). Artist: Anon

Bell and cannon caster. Reproduction of a 16th-century engraving by Jost Amman. "Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-ge et à l'époque de la Renaissance", by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878.

The 1906 caption reads: "A page from the first edition of Sebastian Brant's Ship of Fools in 1494." The book was a medieval satire on contemporary folly and corruption.

'"Force"'. Germany, Augsburg, second quarter of the 16th century. Dimensions: diam. 20,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Hans der Ältere Burgkmair.

Five seated men. Draughtsman: Herman Saftleven. Dating: 1619 - 1685. Measurements: h 44 mm × w 94 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

A woodcut engraving depicting an automaton which made Hercules club a dragon. Dated 17th century

illustration of English tales, folk tales, and ballads. A man

Witches' Sabbath. Engraving by Hans Weiditz (1495-1537). Renaissance.

FASTNACHTSSPIELE The 'Green Man' depicted as one of a group of Shrovetide characters in 16th century Holland/Germany Date: mid 16th century

Robin hunting birds : but what that mysterious pillar is, goodness only knows... Date: circa 1630

Uneven love; Once young n Mans Aventuir / DZ is once olde n mans vegevuir. The uneven pair: a young woman with an old man, both with banderol with text. Left and right of the image text in Dutch and ornamental edges.

Henry IV of France (1553-1610). King of Navarre as Henry III from 1572-1610 and King of France from 1589-1610. Entry of Henry IV in Rouen,1596. Engraving. Colored.

Woodcut engraving depicting the comet of 249 AD, as seen in Basel, Switzerland. Dated 16th century

Dancing peasants, illustration from the 15th century, Germany. century, digital verbesserte Reproduktion aus einer Publikation aus dem Jahr 1880, Dancing peasants, illustration from the 15. century, digital improved reproduction from a publication of the year 1880

The Ship of Fools by Sebastian Brant, 1494, late medieval moral satire. Apology of the poet, the praying man kneeling in front of the altar has broken with foolishness, he now pays homage to divine wisdom, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

MANRIQUE , JORGE. ESCRITOR ESPAÑOL . PAREDES DE NAVA 1440 - 1479. GRABADO ,COPLAS A LA MUERTE DE SU PADRE. RECUERDE EL ALMA DORMIDA. BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL . MADRID.

Seat of a fortress of ancient Egypt, after a bas-relief of Thebes, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1882.

Workshop of an engraver. France. Engraving by Abraham Bosse (h. 1604-1676), 1642. XVIIme siecle: lettres, sciences et arts, France 1590-1700 (17th century: letters, sciences and arts), by Paul Lacroix. Published in Paris by Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie, 1882.

Grabado de artes y oficios. Médico. Grabado de 1870.

Copper engraving by Sebald Beham, 1545, showing Hercules lifting the columns of Gades with muscular detail and structured composition.

illustration of English tales, folk tales, and ballads.

Agnes, Countess of Dunbar (1312-1369), known as Black Agnes, defending Dunbar Castle in 1338 when her husband rebelled against the English. Early 20th century colour-printed wood engraving.

About the art of measurement. A man drawing a lute, woodcut by Albrecht Durer, historical, digital improved reproduction of an old woodcut..

Sappho. From the book by Boccaccio, by the famous Fraün, 1473, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original da...

Fruit picking, miniature from Rerum ruralium commodorum (Advantages of Rural Life) by Pietro Da Crescentino, 15th Century.

illustration of English tales, folk tales, and ballads.

Paper manufacturer. Drawing and engraving by Jost Amman, 16th century. '"Les Arts au Moyen Age et a l'Epoque de la Renaissance", by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1877. Author: Jost Amman (1539-1591). Swiss-German artist.

MINIATURA - TRABAJANDO LA LANA - ARTESANO MEDIEVAL.

Lucius Gemicius and Quintus Servilius; Lutius Gemitius / Quintus Servilius; Liber chronicarum. Two flower classes with two men. The left carries a hood green. The judge a hat. The text identifies them as Lucius Gemicius and Quintus Servilius. The show is a fragment of the sequence of Roman consuls in the Liber Chronicarum. The print is part of an album.

A barber shaving a man in his shop. Etching, 1804.

The brewer. Facsimile after a drawing and engraving by Jost Amman in the 16th century. "Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-âge et à l'époque de la Renaissance", by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878.

science allegories wisdom builds inself a home woodcut Germany 16th century private collection,

Tarot Card of Death, the grim reaper, Noblet tarot, 17th century. Artist: Unknown

A colored 1494 woodcut by Thomas Ochsenbrunner showing Claudius, Roman emperor from 41 to 54 CE, depicted in ceremonial Roman attire.

The jaws of Hell with Satan and Lucifer, 1568.

Woodcut from 1470 by Friderich Walthern showing scenes from the Defensorium concerning Mary's virginity.

The Nuremberg Chronicle is an illustrated world history. Its structure follows the story of human history as related in the Bible; it includes the histories of a number of important Western cities. Written in Latin by Hartmann Schedel, with a version in German translation by Georg Alt, it appeared in 1493. It is one of the best-documented early printed books. It is classified as an incunabulum - that is, a book, pamphlet, or broadside that was printed (not handwritten) before the year 1501 in Europe. It is also one of the first to successfully integrate illustrations and text. Latin scholars refer to it as Liber Chronicarum (Book of Chronicles) as this phrase appears in the index introduction of the Latin edition. English speakers have long referred to it as the Nuremberg Chronicle after the city in which it was published. German speakers refer to it as Die Schedelsche Weltchronik (Schedel's World History) in honour of its author. The illustrations in many copies were hand-coloured aft

A forestaller in the pillory, circa 1497; Black and White Illustration;

Soldado, baldosa de oficios, loza, siglo XVII, MCB 20796. Museu del Disseny de Barcelona.

The Nuremberg Chronicle is an illustrated world history. Its structure follows the story of human history as related in the Bible; it includes the histories of a number of important Western cities. Written in Latin by Hartmann Schedel, with a version in German translation by Georg Alt, it appeared in 1493. It is one of the best-documented early printed books. It is classified as an incunabulum - that is, a book, pamphlet, or broadside that was printed (not handwritten) before the year 1501 in Europe. It is also one of the first to successfully integrate illustrations and text. Latin scholars refer to it as Liber Chronicarum (Book of Chronicles) as this phrase appears in the index introduction of the Latin edition. English speakers have long referred to it as the Nuremberg Chronicle after the city in which it was published. German speakers refer to it as Die Schedelsche Weltchronik (Schedel's World History) in honour of its author. The illustrations in many copies were hand-coloured aft

A 1524 colored woodcut by Georg Lemberger depicting Samson stealing the city gate of Gaza from the Luther Bible, illustrating Judges 16:3 and Old Testament heroic narratives.

A woodcut engraving depicting the suicide of Seneca the Younger (4 BC- 65 AD) a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and author, in the bathtub. Dated 15th Century

House of Aztec nobles by Fra Bernardino de Sahagun, from The Code of Florence ""Historia general de las cosas de Nueva Espana"" in Spanish and Nahuatl, facsimile, 16th century

A wolfman - human below the neck, but a wolf above it Date: 1493

A furniture maker gives a chair a good caning. Date: 17th century

Wierink, Bernard Willem, Reclining lion near three cacti, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 197 mm, width 455 mm, Dutch, 1856-01-04 - 1939-02-19, print maker, printmaker, 1931 - 1931, paper, colour woodcut

Torture with boiling water, illustration from a manuscript, Germany, 1350-1375, Torture, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Europe

Adroguer, baldosa de oficios, loza, siglo XVIII, MCB 20443. Museu del Disseny de Barcelona.

Historic drawing, illustration of the trade exchange in Antwerp, 16th century, Belgium, Europe

The Nuremberg Chronicle is an illustrated world history. Its structure follows the story of human history as related in the Bible; it includes the histories of a number of important Western cities. Written in Latin by Hartmann Schedel, with a version in German translation by Georg Alt, it appeared in 1493. It is one of the best-documented early printed books - an incunabulum (printed, not hand-written) - and one of the first to successfully integrate illustrations and text.

handicraft, artisans, miniature, 14th century, Bibliotheque de Bourgogne, Bruxelles, wood engraving, 19th century,

Auca dels Jocs de la Mainada. Juegos y entretenimientos infantiles del siglo XVIII. El titllo. Los jugadores deben completar un recorrido formado por dos círculos concéntricos.

St. James. Günther Zainer (German, d. 1478). Woodcut with hand coloring;

The Roman galleys. Mosaic from Ravenna, copy by Classical Antiquities / Museum fur Antike Schifffahrt, Mainz / Classical Antiquities / / Byzantium / Mosaic / History,Objects /

Artes y Oficios de Barcelona desde la Edad Media. Grabado al Boj del siglo XVIII. Carnicera cortando una pieza de carne.

Predella with Annunciation and Scenes from the Lives of Four Saints Nicola di Maestro Antonio d'Ancona (Italian, Marchigian School, documented 1472-1511). Predella with Annunciation and Scenes from the Lives of Four Saints, ca. 1475-1480. Tempera on panel, Image: 6 1/4 x 72 3/4 in. (15.9 x 184.8 cm). This predella depicts defining events in the lives of the Madonna and Saints John the Baptist, Lawrence, Stephen, and Anthony of Padua, all represented on the main panel of an altarpiece now in a Roman private collection. Decorated pilasters capped with Corinthian capitals divide the predella into clearly defined scenes of martyrdom and wonder, while a verdant, mountainous landscape in the distance provides a rhythmic continuity of peaks and valleys that draws the eye across the panels individual narratives. Traditionally the devotional focus of an altarpiece, the Virgin receives the widest section at the center of the predella with a depiction of the Annunciation, the moment when Marys

A Group of Laborers, 1899. Jan Toorop (Dutch, 1858-1928). Color lithograph;

Medieval justice. Punishments. The water torture. Author: Joost Damboudere.

Seneca the Younger (4-65). Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman and dramatist. Seneca slitting his wrists. Colored engraving of the 'Nuremberg Chronicle', 1493

Death Comes to the Wax Merchant, Todten-Tantz after Beck, Nöller a. other painters by Georg Max. Theodor Goetz, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Macedonia (16th c.). Engraving.

Illustration for Vanden Vos Reinaerde: Reynaert took a straw in front of him. Draughtsman: Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof. Dating: 1876 - 1924. Measurements: h 77 mm × w 85 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Robinson Crusoe, chapbook cut, 18th century (1964). Artist: Anon.

Grabado de artes y oficios del siglo XIX. Taller de papel.

Artes y Oficios de Barcelona desde la Edad Media. Grabado al Boj del siglo XVIII. Calesero conduciendo una calesa.

Artes y oficios de Barcelona. Vendedores ambulantes voceros. Baladrers. El deshollinador.

Artes y Oficios de Barcelona desde la Edad Media. Grabado al Boj del siglo XVIII. Faquín transportando una vasija.

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