Forside 1535 The city of Münster under siege by prince bishop Franz von Waldeck in 1534. The picture shows the first attack at Pentecost. The text below the image says: "A verzeychnung der Stat Munster with every opportunity / mauren / thüren / pinnacles / wading / closets / pasteyen / unnd geweren / watergreben. Also like that of irem Bischoff on the Friday before Pentecost / MD xxxiiii. Jars berennt / (and?) Zibben casual ringhweis .... to hand over / and afterwards ran to Sant Egidien evening at five locations / and were violently stormed. as some say / at three thousand! God ..." Colored woodcut with type printing from 1535 by Erhard Schoen (c. 1491–1542), German woodcut designer and painter. Collection: Westphalian State Museum for Art and Cultural History, Münster. Public Domain.

The city of Münster under siege by prince bishop Franz von Waldeck in 1534. The picture shows the first attack at Pentecost. The text below the image says: “A verzeychnung der Stat Munster with every opportunity / mauren / thüren / pinnacles / wading / closets / pasteyen / unnd geweren / watergreben. Also like that of irem Bischoff on the Friday before Pentecost / MD xxxiiii. Jars berennt / (and?) Zibben casual ringhweis …. to hand over / and afterwards ran to Sant Egidien evening at five locations / and were violently stormed. as some say / at three thousand! God …” Colored woodcut with type printing from 1535 by Erhard Schoen (c. 1491–1542), German woodcut designer and painter. Collection: Westphalian State Museum for Art and Cultural History, Münster. Public Domain.

The city of Münster under siege by prince bishop Franz von Waldeck in 1534. The picture shows the first attack at Pentecost. The text below the image says: “A verzeychnung der Stat Munster with every opportunity / mauren / thüren / pinnacles / wading / closets / pasteyen / unnd geweren / watergreben. Also like that of irem Bischoff on the Friday before Pentecost / MD xxxiiii. Jars berennt / (and?) Zibben casual ringhweis …. to hand over / and afterwards ran to Sant Egidien evening at five locations / and were violently stormed. as some say / at three thousand! God …” Colored woodcut with type printing from 1535 by Erhard Schoen (c. 1491–1542), German woodcut designer and painter. Collection: Westphalian State Museum for Art and Cultural History, Münster. Public Domain. Source: Wikimedia Commons.