1555 Collection

Witches Call Monsters
Scandinavian witches call up monsters while decent folk lie asleep

16C Scandinavian Baking
A baker and his wife in 16th century Scandinavia

Salting / Smoking Fish
Fish is salted, dried and smoked

NOSTRADAMUS, Michel de Notre Dame (1503-1566). French physician and astrologer, author of book of predictions Astrological Centuries (1555). Illustration in card of 18th century. Drawing

Sun Worship / Lithuania
Sun-worshippers of Lithuania

Johann Arndt
JOHANN ARNDT German Lutheran theologian and writer

Goats / Olaus Magnus 1555
Goats

Making a Crossbow 1555
Making a crossbow

16th Century Musicians 1
A piper performs with players of three types of stringed instruments - a rebec, a lute and a harp

Herring Fishing 1555
A herring fisherman lands a mighty haul in his net

Forteresse Charlemont, Givet, Ardennes, France
Forteresse Charlemont, built 1555 under Charles V and completed by Vauban in 17th century, reflected in the river Meuse, in Givet, near the Belgian border, in Ardennes, Grand Est, France

HUGH LATIMER, SAVED
HUGH LATIMER bishop of Worcester, saved by an act of God from a falling tree, only to die by the hand of man for having the wrong religious views. Date: 1485? - 1555

SCANDINAVIAN DANCE
Funeral dance of the Scandinavians Date: 1555

WITCH AND DEVIL
A witch, who had ill-advisedly made a contract with the Devil, is carried off by him when it reaches its death-date Date: 1555

Human sacrifice
Priests and others watch as a victim burns in ancient Scandinavia. Date: 1555

SKI-ING HUNTERS C16
Hunters and huntress of Northern Norway, with their dog, pursue their quarry on skis. Date: 1555

Maldonata and the Lion
At Buenos Aires, Argentina, Maldonata helps a pregnant lion, who in gratitude protects her from her enemies Date: 1555

ENGLISH BIBLES BURNT
BIBLE BURNING During Marys reign, english translations of the Bible are burnt at Saint Pauls Cross, London, to prevent ordinary people reading it Date: circa 1555

DEER / OLAUS / RESTING / 1555
Deer resting under trees in a forest. Date: 1555

The Game of Chess by Sofonisba Anguissola
Lucia, Minerva and Europa Anguissola Playing Chess, by Sofonisba Anguissola (depicting her sisters). 1555

Andreas Cludius
ANDREAS CLUDIUS jurist, depicted in his forty-third year Date: 1555 - ?

Peace of Augsburg (September 25, 1555). German Bible, 17th c
Peace of Augsburg (September 25, 1555). Signed by Charles V and the forces of the Schmalkaldic League, during the Diet of Augsburg. German Bible, 17th century

Allegory of the Abdication of Emperor Charles V in Brussels
Frans Francken the Younger (1581-1642). Flemish painter. Allegory of the Abdication of Emperor Charles V in Brussels, c.1630-1640. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Lodovico Carracci 2
LODOVICO CARRACCI Italian artist. Date: 1555 - 1619

Planispheric astrolabe. 1569. Manufactured in golden brass by Gualterus Arsenius, disciple of the dutch astronomer Regnier Gemma Frisius (1508-1555). Metals. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris

CATHERINE of Aragon (1485-1536). Queen of England (1509-1536), first wife of Henry VIII (1509).; Isabella I the Catholic (1451-1504)

John Hooper
JOHN HOOPER English churchman, bishop of Gloucester and Worcester, burnt at the stake for his beliefs. Date: 1495 - 1555

Shooting Apple Off Head
A man shoots an apple off a boys head, in the style of William Tell

Bathing / Bloodletting 16C
People in a public bath house, bathing and blood letting

Charles I of Spain and V of Germany (1500-1558). Abdication
Charles I of Spain and V of Germany (1500-1558). King of Spain (1517-1556) and Emperor of Germany (1519-1556). First Spanish monarch of the House of Austria

Stephen Gardiner, Bishop
STEPHEN GARDINER Bishop of Winchester, seated reading in his study. Date: 1483 - 1555

Guillaume Duvair
GUILLAUME DUVAIR French churchman, bishop of Lisieux : statesman, philanthropist. Date: 1555 - 1621

PAUL COLER Statesman, of what country I don t know, accompanied by Fame, Constancy, Truth and Peace, all of which no doubt characterised him. Date: circa 1555 - 1604?

Lodovico Carracci
LODOVICO CARRACCI Italian artist. Date: 1555 - 1619

Edward Kelley / Cooper
EDWARD KELLEY occultist & magician Date: 1555 - ?

Justus Jonas (De Brij)
JUSTUS JONAS German protestant divine and reformer Date: 1493 - 1555

Justus Jonas
JUSTUS JONAS German protestant divine and reformer Date: 1493 - 1555

ARMOUR / 1555
A knight in armour Date: 1555

John Bradford
JOHN BRADFORD Protestant martyr in England, burnt for his religious beliefs Date: 1510? - 1555

John Hooper / Bishop Glos
JOHN HOOPER Bishop of Gloucester and martyr Date: 1495 - 1555

Arndt (Ridley)
JOHANN ARNDT German Lutheran divine, the author of True Christianity Date: 1555 - 1621

Arndt (Turnbull)
JOHANN ARNDT German Lutheran divine, the author of True Christianity Date: 1555 - 1621

Johann Arndt (Gucht)
JOHANN ARNDT German Lutheran theologian and writer, carried to divine glory by cherubs and a female angel - or is she Fame ? Date: 1555 - 1621

Nicholas Ridley / Marshall
NICHOLAS RIDLEY Bishop of London, burnt at Oxford for refusing to accept Roman Catholic doctrine Date: 1500 - 1555

Nicholas Ridley / White
NICHOLAS RIDLEY Bishop of Rochester, burnt for refusing to accept Catholic doctrine Date: 1500 - 1555

AELST, Pieter van (before1509-1555). The Mass of Saint Gregory. 16th c. Brussels manufacturing based on models of the Brussels painter Colijn de Coter

Map of the Kingdom of Naples. 1597-1568. Illustration from the work Geografia, cio鬠 Descrittione universale de la terra, edited in Venice by Giovanni Battista and Giorgio Galignani. SPAIN

Antonio Tempesta
ANTONIO TEMPESTA Artist from Florence, known for landscapes, animals and hunting scenes. Date: 1555 - 1630

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