486403 Of contempt, or dispisynge of holy scripture, illustration from Alexander Barclay\'s English translation of \'The Ship of Fools\', from an edition published in 1874 (engraving) by German School, (15th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Alexander Barclay (c.1476-1552) Scottish born English poet, translated Sebastian Brandt\'s (1457-1521) Das Narrenschiff, as \'The Ship of Fools\' in 1509. Image is a facsimile of the original German woodcut of 1497 and shows a fool treading on the holy scriptures whilst listening intently to another man. The foolishness of attaching too much importance to mens\' tales instead of the Bible. ); German, out of copyright.