WoodcutWednesday

A bot made by @senseshaper, originator of #WoodcutWednesday, to RT early modern woodcut related posts.

[@evelynkoch.bsky.social @Cassanthea]

Prophesying catastrophes since 1625, "The Astrologers Bugg-beare". #WoodcutWednesday

[British Library Publishing @BL_Publishing]

Somehow, it's the headless bear who looks the most surprised about the whole thing.

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(C39d5)

[British Library Publishing @BL_Publishing]

Anybody who can pull off that look is a good-fellow by me.

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(C40m9)

[WoodcutWednesday @WoodcutW]

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[Sutro Library @SutroLibrary]

#woodcutwednesday 1602 book of relics owned by Benedictine monastery @kloster_andechs #archives #libraries

[British Library Publishing @BL_Publishing]

Probably diacritics and ligatures.
Crazy letters.
(10920.ccc.12)

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[British Library Publishing @BL_Publishing]

Beautiful hand-coloured woodcut from 1527.
(C.125.b.14)

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[British Library Publishing @BL_Publishing]

-What are you hiding in there?
-Erm, certainly nothing to do with that fishing trip!

(1889.d.5)
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[Sutro Library @SutroLibrary]

#WoodcutWednesday Works of Julius Caesar with stunning cuts throughout, printed 1565. @SutroLibrary #rarebooks

[British Library Publishing @BL_Publishing]

When you start regretting the decision to use UberPool.

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(C207, 544 Roxburghe Ballads I)

[British Library Publishing @BL_Publishing]

Even by #WoodcutWednesday standards, this is pretty weird.

[British Library Publishing @BL_Publishing]

Probably the earliest depiction of waterboarding. (c. 1625)

And probably the darkest #WoodcutWednesday ever.

[British Library Publishing @BL_Publishing]

Just an anthropomorphic cat with bionic legs, delivering bags of money.

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(c20f2f12)

[Sutro Library @SutroLibrary]

#woodcutwednesday early math book #rarebooks printed 1510, Paris by Stephanus,woodcut diagrams on most pages.

[Worcs. Cath. Library @WorCathLibrary]

Today's #WoodcutWednesday is a not-so-cheerful bit of brazen bull torture from our old friend #munstercosmographia