{"product_id":"the-skull-of-janet-boyman","title":"The skull of Janet Boyman","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal illustration\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNib and ink on Arches cotton paper\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e300gsm \/ 140lb\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12x9cm \/ 4.8x3.5in (picture size)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e15.5x12.5cm \/ 6.1x4.9in (frame size)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2021\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHoused in a beautiful Florentine wooden gilt and dark red enamel frame\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e________________________________________________________________________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJanet Boyman\u003c\/b\u003e (d. 1572), also known as \u003cb\u003eJonet Boyman\u003c\/b\u003e or \u003cb\u003eJanet Bowman\u003c\/b\u003e, was a Scottish woman accused of \u003ca title=\"Witchcraft\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Witchcraft\"\u003ewitchcraft\u003c\/a\u003e; she was tried and executed in 1572 although the case against her was started in 1570.\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.6667px;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHer \u003ca title=\"Indictment\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indictment\"\u003eindictment\u003c\/a\u003e has been described by modern-day scholars, such as \u003ca title=\"Lizanne Henderson\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lizanne_Henderson\"\u003eLizanne Henderson\u003c\/a\u003e, as the earliest and most comprehensive record of witchcraft and \u003ca title=\"Fairy\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fairy\"\u003efairy\u003c\/a\u003e belief in \u003ca title=\"Scotland\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scotland\"\u003eScotland\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJanet Boyman lived in the Cowgate of Edinburgh, and was said to have been from Ayrshire.\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.6667px;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eShe was married to William Steill.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eIn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Early Modern Scotland\" class=\"mw-redirect\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Early_Modern_Scotland\"\u003eearly modern Scotland\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emarried\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Women in early modern Scotland\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Women_in_early_modern_Scotland\"\u003ewomen\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edid not change their surnames. She was alleged to have predicted the death of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Regent Moray\" class=\"mw-redirect\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Regent_Moray\"\u003eRegent Moray\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewho was assassinated in January 1570, and her accusation was the first to be made in connection with a political conspiracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe told her interrogators that she made contact with the supernatural world at a well on the south side of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Arthur's Seat\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arthur%27s_Seat\"\u003eArthur's Seat\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ea hill close to Edinburgh. There she conjured spirits who would help her heal others.\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.6667px;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSometimes she worked cures by washing the patients's shirt at the well at St Leonards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe was condemned as:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eane wyss woman that culd mend diverss seikness and bairnis that are tane away with fairyie men and wemen\u003cbr\u003ea wise woman that could heal diverse illnesses and children taken away by fairy men and women.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJonet Boyman was executed on 29 December 1572.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Black Bile","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39918112702619,"sku":"","price":257.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0334\/3237\/1333\/products\/IMG_20210502_213204-01.jpg?v=1619984640","url":"https:\/\/www.blackbile-studio.com\/de-us\/products\/the-skull-of-janet-boyman","provider":"Black Bile","version":"1.0","type":"link"}