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Martyrdom

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  • Saint Paul. Engraving by A. Collaert.
  • Saint Martina: her martyrdom. Etching by A. Gherardi, 166-.
  • Martyrdom of Saint Erasmus: his intestines are extracted from his body with a windlass. Etching by P. Testa.
  • Saint Thomas Aquinas; Saint Antony the Great greeting Saint Louis of Toulouse (?); martyrdom of a male saint; martyrdom of Saint Lucy. Woodcuts.
  • Martyrdom of two men by disembowelling and by decapitation. Etching after Ferrari [Cesare Ferreri?].
  • King Charles I praying. Engraving by Abraham Hertochs, 1662 after P. Fruytiers after W. Marshall.
  • Saint Saturninus, Bishop of Toulouse: his martyrdom. Engraving.
  • The martyrdom of Thiemo (Theodamarus) of Salzburg: his intestines are wound on to a windlass. Engraving by R. Sadeler I, 1615, after P. Candidus (Pieter de Witte).
  • Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew, 17th century
  • John Williams, a bookseller stands in the pillory in the Palace Yard, Westminster, surrounded by a cheering crowd. Engraving with ten verses in five columns below, 1765.
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Catalogue

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    There is no crime for those who have Christ : religious violence in the Christian Roman Empire / Michael Gaddis.

    Gaddis, Michael, 1970- | Date: [2005], ©2005
  • view Saint Saturninus, Bishop of Toulouse: his martyrdom. Engraving.
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    Saint Saturninus, Bishop of Toulouse: his martyrdom. Engraving.

    | Date: 1700-1799 | Reference: 7148i
    • Archives and manuscripts

    M0002805: Bas relief of the martyrdom of St. Vincent

    | Date: 28 January 1932 | Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/23/74
    Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
  • view Martyrdom of two male saints by burning at the stake with a martyred female. Etching by Ferrari [Cesare Ferreri?] after himself.
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    Martyrdom of two male saints by burning at the stake with a martyred female. Etching by Ferrari [Cesare Ferreri?] after himself.

    | Reference: 11013i
  • view The martyrdom of Thiemo (Theodamarus) of Salzburg: his intestines are wound on to a windlass. Engraving by R. Sadeler I, 1615, after P. Candidus (Pieter de Witte).
    • Pictures
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    The martyrdom of Thiemo (Theodamarus) of Salzburg: his intestines are wound on to a windlass. Engraving by R. Sadeler I, 1615, after P. Candidus (Pieter de Witte).

    Witte, Pieter de, approximately 1548-1628 | Date: 1615 | Reference: 4837i
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