Saint Cecilia: she enables the bodies of Christian martyrs to be buried. Engraving by G. Fabbri after D.M. Fratta after G. Cavedone.

Martyr saints of the Augustinian order and representations of the individual orders. Engraving by Oliviero Gatti, 1614.

Martyrdom of Christian saints by being shut up to be bitten by mice or rats, crowded together like locusts, or trampled by horses. Woodcut.

Saint Sebastian. Gouache on glass.

Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian. Engraving by P. de Jode after P. van Lint.

Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian. Engraving by A. Sadeler.

Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian. Coloured etching.

Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian. Coloured engraving.

Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian. Drawing with pen and olive washes.

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A short history of Christian martyrs and miracles

Book of martyrs. An account of holy men who died for the Christian religion.

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.

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.

The lives and sufferings of the English martyrs, who were executed and burnt for their religion, from the reign of Henry the Ivth, to the end of the reign of Queen Mary I. and to the reformation of the Church of England. Published by Bishop Burnet, for the Use of all Christian Families.

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Book of martyrs. An account of holy men who died for the Christian religion.

Saint Cecilia: she enables the bodies of Christian martyrs to be buried. Engraving by G. Fabbri after D.M. Fratta after G. Cavedone.

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.

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.

The lives and sufferings of the English martyrs, who were executed and burnt for their religion, from the reign of Henry the Ivth, to the end of the reign of Queen Mary I. and to the reformation of the Church of England. Published by Bishop Burnet, for the Use of all Christian Families.

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A short history of Christian martyrs and miracles

Images

Catalogue

Book of martyrs. An account of holy men who died for the Christian religion.

Saint Cecilia: she enables the bodies of Christian martyrs to be buried. Engraving by G. Fabbri after D.M. Fratta after G. Cavedone.

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.

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.

The lives and sufferings of the English martyrs, who were executed and burnt for their religion, from the reign of Henry the Ivth, to the end of the reign of Queen Mary I. and to the reformation of the Church of England. Published by Bishop Burnet, for the Use of all Christian Families.