Wynkyn Collection

Fysshynge Wyth an Angle
A fifteenth century angler makes a catch - illustration in Wynkyn de Wordes Treatyse of Fysshynge with an Angle

CROSS REMINDS OF DEATH
A wayside cross is a reminder of mortality to travellers - an illustration to Wynkyn de Worde's The Ordynarye of Chrysten Men Date: 1502

THE FUNERAL CART
The funeral cart - illustration to Wynkyn de Worde's The Crafte to lyve well and to dye well Date: 1505

JOHN THE EGYPTIAN
saint JOHN THE EGYPTIAN hermit, depicted imparting wisdom to a pilgrim visitor (illustration to Wynkyn de Wordes 1495 edition of Vitas patrum) Date: circa 304 - 394

Wynkyn De Worde
JAN van WYNKYN DE WORDE printer in London, apprentice to Caxton and his successor Date: ? - 1634

Dives and the Pauper
DIVES AND THE PAUPER LAZARUS illustration in Wynkyn de Wordes 1496 publication Diues et Pauper

Hands-On Education
To learn the rules of grammar, pupils use the parts of their hands as aids to memory - from Wynkyn de Wordes printing of Lac Pueororum, or Mylke for Chyldren

C15 Battle Scene
English knights engage the French in this fine scene from the 100 Years War, in Wynkyn de Wordes Polychronicon printed in 1495

David Downs Goliath
He downs Goliath with a pebble from a brook - illustration to Wynkyn de Wordes 1530 edition of The XII Profytes of Tribulacyon

Saint Ammonas in Bed
SAINT AMMONAS Egyptian ascetic, forced to wed, agrees with his bride to live in celibacy and virginity (from Wynkyn de Wordes 1495 edition of Vitas patrum )

Crucifixion Wqoodcut
A soldier pierces Jesuss side to put him out of his torment while his two fellow-crucifees writhe in agony : illustration in Wynkyn de Wordes 1498 printing of the Golden Legend

Miser Snuffed Out
The miser is snuffed by a demon - illustration to Wynkyn de Wordes edition of The Ship of Fools

St John the Egyptian
saint JOHN THE EGYPTIAN hermit, depicted imparting wisdom to a pilgrim visitor (illustration to Wynkyn de Wordes 1495 edition of Vitas patrum )

15th Century Birds
A splendid assortment of birds, some familiar and some fabulous, depicted in Wynkyn de Wordes 1496 Treatyses perteynynge to Hawkynge Huntynge and Fysshynge

Pilgrim Setts Forth
A pilgrim, barefoot and carrying his beads, sets forth on his pilgrimage - illustration to Wynkyn de Wordes The Way to the Holy Lande, published in 1500

LANDSCAPE, 1495
A very early example of illustration in a printed book - a landscape of England (!) in Wynkyn de Wordes Polychronicon

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