Since most of Professor Patenall’s books are in their contemporary bindings, their early provenance is often quite easily determined and always interesting to research. Each edition is fascinating in its own right, and the earliest ones bear witness to the various and sundry interventions which Foxe himself made to his books while they were actually going through the presses. Some sixty editions, collected over thirty years, and dating from the first printed in 1563 to a near-contemporary 1973 issue, now complement the Fisher’s other strong holdings in the history of Protestant thought, namely the Forbes and Knox College collections.Ĭataloguing the collection began in March of 2009. of T.’s Scarborough campus, and his wife Leslie Coates donated to the Fisher one of the most comprehensive collections of Foxe's Book of Martyrs ever assembled in North America, rivalled only by that at Ohio State University. Foxes book of martyrs was first published in 1563 by John Foxe. In May of 2008, Professor Andrew Patenall, a retired English professor from U. The book is an account of Christian martyrs and martyrdom throughout Western history, with an emphasis on the Protestant martyrs of the early 16th centuries. Through the Revolving Door: Fisher Blogįirst published in 1563, John Foxe's Actes and Monuments, better known as The Book of Martyrs, was one of the most elaborate early books produced, with vivid woodcut illustrations.He is most famous for is publication of Foxe’s Acts and Monuments of the Christian Church more commonly known as Foxe’s Book of Martyrs. Guidelines for Filming at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library John Foxe was born at Boston, in Lincolnshire, in 1516, and died April 8, 1587.
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