1532 Collection

Rabelais / Pantagruel
The uses of Pantagruelion

Satires by Juvenal
Juvenal (Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis). 1st - 2nd centuries AD. Roman poet. Satires. Start of the First Satire. Leyden, 1532

St. Machars Cathedral. Aberdeen, Scotland. The original church was founded in 570, but the present building dates from 1366 and was completed in 1532. Date: 14th - 16th century

Meeting of Francisco Pizarro and the Inca Atahualpa, Peru
The meeting of Francisco Pizarro and the Inca Atahualpa, Spanish Conquest of Peru. Date: 1532

Clock given by King Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn in 1532 Date: 1532

DOROTHY WADHAM widow of Nicholas Wadham, Somerset landowner, who at his death founded Wadham College, Oxford, despite opposition, 1610 - 1613, Date: 1532 ? - 1618?

Amy Robsart Dudley 1532 1560 Wife Robert Earl
amy, robsart, dudley, 1532, 1560, wife, robert, earl, leicester, found, dead, foot, flight, stairs, suspicious, circumstances, history, historical, 10085681

The noble figure of Francois I, King of France, sporting a long beard & moustache. Date: First published: 1532-64

Quaremeprenant : (Lent faster), with enlarged ears, holding a thorny branch. Date: First published: 1532-64

Canonbury Tower
Engaving depicting Canonbury Tower circa 1800. The manor house of Canonbury was constructed by William Bolton of St Bartholomews Priory between 1509 and 1532. The tower was added in the 1590s

Hans Holbein the Younger (c. 1497-1543). Portrait of the Mer
Renaissance Art. Germany. Hans Holbein the Younger (c. 1497-1543). German artist and printmaker who worked in a Northern Renaissance style. Portrait of the Merchant Georg Gisze, 1532

Sacrifice of Isaac, 1527-1532. Polychrome sculpture by Alonso Berruguete. It belongs to the Altarpiece of San Benito el Real (Valladolid). Renaissance art. Sculpture on wood. SPAIN. CASTILE AND LEON

Giant Baby / Rabelais
Gargantua, as a baby: he has to be carried by several villagers because of his enormous size... Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans

Astolfo and Giants Head
Astolfo with the head of Orrile

Thomas Sutton
THOMAS SUTTON - statesman and merchant venturer, which earned him enough to found the Charterhouse, at first a Carthusian monastery but later a school - with his autograph

Portrait of John of Saxony (1468-1532) by Lucas Cranach the
John of Saxony (1468-1532). Elector of Saxony (1525-1532). Portrait by the german painter Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553). Wittenberg, 1532-1533. German Historical Museum. Berlin. Germany

Ukraine. Bakhchisaray Palace
Ukraine. Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Bakhchisaray. Khans Palace. Big Khan Mosque. Built by Sahib I Giray. 16th century. Exterior. Detail

Lorenz Durnhofer
LORENZ DURNHOFER German churchman, theologian and writer. The insects decorating his portrait may mean something, perhaps ? Date: 1532 - 1594

Jean Antoine De Baif
JEAN ANTOINE DE BAIF French poet. Date: 1532 - 1589

Andrea Doria Woodcut
ANDREA DORIA Genoese naval commander who sometimes fought for and sometimes against the French, but always against the Turks defeating them at Patras 1532 Date: 1466 - 1560

Etienne Jodelle
ETIENNE JODELLE French dramatist Date: 1532 - 1573

William Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury
William Warham (1450 - 1532), Archbishop of Canterbury (from 1504). In 1509 he married and then crowned Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon

Christ Church
Slide showing a photograph of Christ Church College, part of the University of Oxford. Originally founded in 1525 by Thomas Wolsey

Wilhelm Xylander
WILHELM XYLANDER German scholar and philosopher Date: 1532 - 1576

Herbert Westphaling
HERBERT WESTPHALING (or Westfaling) bishop of Hereford Date: 1532 - 1602

Marguerite De Savoie
MARGUERITE OF SAVOY daughter of Francois I, wife of Emanuel Philibert, duke of Savoy : a patron of literature. Date: 1532 - 1574

Jacopo Menochio
JACOPO MENOCHIO Italian jurist Date: 1532 - 1607

Robert Dudley Leicester
ROBERT DUDLEY, earl of LEICESTER Statesman and courtier favoured by queen Elizabeth I: he died of malaria, much to her regret. Date: 1532? - 1588

JOHN ISLIP Churchman : abbot of Westminster Date: ? - 1532

Page 217 from Herbarium (1532) by Otto Brunfels
Herbarum vivae eiconeb (1532) by Otto Brunfels (1488-1534). Illustrations by Hans Weiditz the Younger (1495 Freiburg im Breisgau - c1537 Bern). Tom I, 2nd edition

German robbers during the Peasants War
A chaotic scene during the Peasants War showing a group of German robbers, some preparing for their next attack whilst others count the loot from a previous haul. 1530s

Chedis of the Wat Si Sanphet, Ayutthaya, Thailand
View of two of the three bell-shaped Chedis (royal tombs) of the Wat Phra Si Sanphet temple (constructed between 1492 and 1532) at Ayutthaya, Thailand

World Map 1532 Grynaeus
WORLD MAP OF GRYNAEUS with all manner of exotic creatures on it and around it

Pompeo Colonna
POMPEO COLONNA Italian churchman, cardinal

Sir John Hawkins (1532-1595)
Engraving of Sir John Hawkins (1532-1595); Elizabethan seafarer, shipbuilder, MP, Treasurer of the Navy. In 1588 he was Rear-Admiral of the English fleet

Ataaw Wallpa / Atahualpa
ATAW WALLPA INKA (known as ATAHUALPA) Last Inca Emperor of Peru arrested by Pizarro in 1532

Songes De Pantagruel
Pope Julius II

Pantagruel / First Edition
Title page of first edition

Sir Henry Guildford
SIR HENRY GUILDFORD Master of the horse and Controller of the household. Accompanied Henry VIII to the Field of the Cloth of Gold

Pizarro Seizes Atahualpa
Pizarro and his men treacherously seize Atahualpa

De Soto as an Envoy 1532
Pizarro sends Ferdinand de Soto as an envoy to ask Atahualpa to meet him at Caxamalca. Pizarro and Atahualpa meet the next day

Atahualpa & Pizarro 1532
The last true Inca emperor of Peru, Atahualpa, is carried with much pomp and ceremony on a huge throne to meet Pizarro for the first time, at Caxamalca

Gustavus Vasa / Stockholm
Gustavus Vasa enters Stockholm

JAN MABUSE or Jean de Mauberge Flemish artist

Gargantua & Pantagruel
The gargantuan task of feeding the baby Gargantua

Giant / Pantagruel / Drink
Baby Pantagruel supplied with milk (sucking from the udders of cows)

Giant / Pantagruel / Counsel
Panurge asks Pantagruel if he should marry

Giant / Pantagruel / Battle
Pantagruel on the field of battle

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