1520 Collection (page 3)

Luther Tears Papal Bull
He tears up the Papal bull preparatory to burning it in front of the East gate of Wittemberg Date: 10 December 1520

Gardens / Villa D este
The gardens of the Villa of the Este family at Tivoli, near Florence, Italy, designed for Ipolito d Este, cardinal of Ferrara (1479-1520) Date: 17th century

Camp Du Drap D or
(anglicised as Field of the Cloth of Gold) - Henry VIII meets with Francois I near Calais to smooth out their differences : each seeks to out-impress the other

Battle of Platform 1520
BATTLE OF THE PLATFORM Spanish and Aztecs in hand to hand combat

Spanish Besieged
The Spanish are besieged by the Aztecs in the headquarters they have occupied in Tenochtitlan

Sigismund August
SIGISMUND II (Zygmunt) OF POLAND His reign was the golden age of Polish history : the country flourished socially, commercially and culturally

Conquistadores Pray
The Conquistadores, returning to Tenochtitlan, confess their sins before a wayside cross which they had erected themselves on their first march to Mexico

Battle of Otumba 1520
At the battle of OTUMBA, Cortes bravely encourages his men, aided by TLASCALANS (enemies of the Aztecs). Although outnumbered, victory is theirs

Montezuma & Spanish
MONTEZUMA is paraded through Tenochtitlan under Spanish armed guard, to martial music

Gluttony Punished
Covetous men and women are pushed into cauldrons full of boiling lead and oil - illustration to Julian Notarys edition of the Shepherds Calendar

Lechery Punished
Lechers are tormented by devils - illustration to Julian Notarys edition of the Shepherds Calendar

SALLUSTs CRONYCLE / 1520
The author presents a copy of his book to his patron - illustration to Richard Pynsons edition of Sallusts Cronycle

HENRYs SHIP 1520
Man-of-War in which Henry VIII, King of England, embarked in 1520 at Dover to come to France

LA Noche Triste 1520
LA NOCHE TRISTE Cortes loses many men and horses in the canals of Tenochtitlan in the retreat from the Aztecs

Mexicans Making Drink
Aztecs preparing a beverage (possibly chocolate or coffee)

Pieter Peck
PIETER PECK Flemish jurist

Sacrifice in Panama
Human sacrifice ritual, probably in Panama or Guatemala

CANNON, 1520
French cannon and mortar of the period of Francois I

Caribbean Landscape 1520
The beautiful landscape and fauna of the Caribbean as it was seen by the first Europeans

Noblewoman 1520
A wide-spreading skirt, huge fur sleeves, distinguish the state gown of this lady of the court of Francois I

German Musicians 1520
A group of German musicians perform on a wide variety of instruments to provide music for dancers : lute, bagpipes, clarinet, trombone, flute, drum, monochord are featured

Luther Burns Bull 1520
He burns the Papal bull in front of the East gate of Wittemberg

Raffaello (Larmessin)
RAFFAELLO SANZIO Italian artist

Emperor Cuitlahuac
EMPEROR CUITLAHUAC brother of Moctezuma II Ruler of Tenochtitlan, but only from July to September 1520

Istanbul in 1520
Constantinople under Turkish rule - the Seraglio Palace in the foreground, the Golden Horn on the right with Pera beyond, the Bosphorus to the left, with shipping

Cloth of Gold Meeting
Henry VIII and Francis I meet on the Field of the Cloth of Gold near Calais

Walter Mildmay
Sir WALTER MILDMAY statesman, chancellor of the exchequer : founder of Emanuel College, Cambridge with his autograph

William Cecil Burghley
WILLIAM CECIL, baron BURGHLEY (or Burleigh) statesman, first minister to queen Elizabeth with his autograph

Monsters of Guatemala
Monsters reported by early travellers in Guatemala

Selim I / Turkey / Munster
SELIM I called YAVUZ (The Grim) Sultan of Turkey (1512-20)

Conquistadores Hunting
Spanish conquistadores hunting

Child-Eating Ogre
An ogre who eats children who misbehave

Sigismund II of Poland
Sigismund II Augustus King of Poland ( Polish : Zygmunt)

Henry VIII & Carl V
KING HENRY VIII with the Emperor Carl V, as young men they met in Gravelines in July 1520

Henry VIII as Archer
KING HENRY VIII demonstrating his prowess as an archer at the Field of the Cloth of Gold, June 1520

Press at Leipzig / 1520
Press in Leipzig, Germany

Francois Baudouin
FRANCOIS BAUDOUIN French scholar

FLORIS (1520 - 1570)
FRANS FLORIS - Flemish artist

Rc Satire Trappings 1520
False devotion : satire on the trappings of religion which are seen as more important than true religious feeling

Bannbulle at Wittenberg
Martin Luther burns the papal bull ( Bannbulle ) at Wittenberg

Luther burns the Papal Bull 1520
Martin Luther burns the Papal bull in front of the East gate of Wittenberg

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