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  • Frontispiece for Fox's Book of Martyrs, showing John Fox in a decorative panel. Engraving.
  • Frontispiece for Fox's Book of Martyrs, showing the martyrdom of Jesus Christ, Saint Andrew, Saint Peter and Saint John. Engraving.
  • Saint John the Evangelist watches an angel giving robes to martyrs. Woodcut.
  • Above, two martyrs, Dirick Carver and Margery Polley are burnt at the stake: below, two martyrs, John Denley and Thomas Iveson are burnt alive at the stake. Etching by G. Terry.
  • Saints, martyrs, blessed and bishops of the Augustinian order. Engraving by Oliviero Gatti, 1614.
  • Saints, martyrs, blessed and bishops of the Augustinian order. Engraving by Oliviero Gatti, 1614.
  • Saint Sebastian and Saint Roch as plague saints and martyrs. Coloured engraving by J.E. Belling.
  • Saint Mark and Saint Marcellian encouraged by Saint Sebastian to become martyrs. Engraving by C. Ceyer after P. Veronese.
  • Above, the martyrs Cicely Ormes and Margaret Thurston are burnt back to back at the stake in Colchester and the burning at a stake in Islington of the martyrs Ralph Alderton, Margery Austoo and R. Roth; below the burning of the martyr Cicely Ormes in Norwich. Etching by G. Terry.
  • Saints, martyrs, Blessed Virgins and Nuns of the Augustinian order, in the centre, Saint Monica. Engraving by Oliviero Gatti, 1614.
  • Saints, martyrs, Blessed Virgins and Nuns of the Augustinian order, in the centre, Saint Monica. Engraving by Oliviero Gatti, 1614.
  • Saint Cecilia: she enables the bodies of Christian martyrs to be buried. Engraving by G. Fabbri after D.M. Fratta after G. Cavedone.
  • Saint Sebastian, the most renowed of the Roman martyrs (3rd century), an officer in the Imperial army and close favourite of the Emperor Diocletian.
  • Saint Sebastian, the most renowed of the Roman martyrs (3rd century), an officer in the Imperial army and close favourite of the Emperor Diocletian.
  • The Virgin Mary with the Christ child, saints and martyrs (known as the 'Madonna del Rosario') Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino, 1619-21.
  • Christ on a triumphal chariot with saints, martyrs, sibyls and other figures; representing the triumph of faith (?). Engraving by S. Pomarede after G.A. Buti after Bonifacio de' Pitati.
  • Festival of Muḥarram: a procession, to commemorate the death of the martyrs, of people carrying banners, pennants and replicas of Husain's mausoleum or the Prophet's tomb. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.
  • Above, martyrs Woodman, Steves, Mainard, Hosman, Wood, Morris, Burges, Ashdon and Groves are burnt together at the stake in Lewes; below, the hand of Rose Allins is held over a flaming torch by Edmund Tyrill. Etching by G. Terry.
  • Above, four martyrs are chained to a post and burnt at the stake in Canterbury; below, a procession of twenty-two prisoners tied together and brought from Colchester to London, presumably for trial. Etching with engraving by G. Terry.
  • Saint Margaret, martyr at Antioch (3rd century).
  • Martyrdom of Saint Peter Martyr. Etching by L. Matthioli.
  • Saint Paul the Apostle with a male martyr. Woodcut.
  • Martyrdom of Saint Peter Martyr. Engraving by W.T. Fry.
  • Martyrdom of Saint Peter Martyr. Engraving by C. Geyer after Titian.
  • Martyrdom of Saint Peter Martyr. Etching by J. and J. Klauber.
  • English king worshipping at the Shrine of Saint Edmund. King and Martyr.
  • Saint Stephen, the first martyr. Lithograph by P. Guglielmi after Masip (Juan de Juanes).
  • Martyrdom of Saint Stephen, the first martyr. Engraving by G. Audran after C. Lebrun.
  • God the Father, an Ascension, a female martyr, Saint Andrew (?) and Christ. Woodcut.
  • Saint Peter Martyr. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.