Coat of arms of the crusader Melchior Asinari. Engraving.

Reference

555252i

The history of the Lancashire witches. Containing the manner of their becoming such; their Enchantments, Spells, Revels, merry Pranks, raising of Storms and Tempests, riding on Winds, &c. The Entertainment and Frolicks which happened among them. With the loves and Humours of Roger and Dorothy. Also, A Treatise of Witches in General Conducive to Mirth and Recreation. The like never before Published.

Date

1785?]

Theatre des martyrs = Schau-Buhne der Martyrer : depuis la mort de J. Christ jusqu'à present, représenté en tres belles tailles-douces / par le celebre graveur Jean Luyken. Schau-Buhne der Martyrer, gezeichnet und in Kuppfer gestochen von Johann Luyken.

Date

[between 1698 and 1738]

Apostolici: or, the history of the lives, acts, death, and martyrdoms of those who were contemporary with, or immediately succeeded the Apostles. As also the most eminent of the primitive fathers for the first three hundred years. To which is added, A chronology of the three first ages of the church. By William Cave, DD.

Date

MDCCXVI. [1716]

The spirit of the martyrs revived, in a brief compendious collection of the most remarkable passages and living testimonies of the true Church, seed of God, and faithful martyrs in all ages: Contained in several Ecclesiastical Histories, and Chronological Accounts, of the Succession of the True Church, from the Creation, the Times of the Fathers, Patriarchs, Prophets, Christ and the Apostles.

Date

1719

Saint Andrew holding his cross with another saint seated on a cloud behind him. Etching by G. Bonasone after Michelangelo, 1541.

Reference

23011i

The book of martyrs: or, compleat history of martyrdom, from the crucifixion of our blessed Saviour, to the present times. Vol. I.

Date

MDCCLXV. [1765]

St. Agatha; East Window of St. Peter Hungate, Norwich

Saint John the Evangelist watches an angel giving robes to martyrs. Woodcut.

Reference

25028i

The Virgin of Mercy responding to the intercessions of saints by protecting people from arrows symbolising disease; the Devil rules below, where plague attacks the land. Lithograph after L. Dottorini after Benedetto Bonfigli, 1464 (?).

Date

1464

Reference

21419i

The Virgin with four saints: the archangel Michael, Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Saint Apollonia and Saint John the Evangelist. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after P. Vannucci, il Perugino.

Reference

25584i

The sacrifice of the son of King Moab. Engraving by H.R. Cook after P.P. Rubens.

Reference

20007i

Saint Sebastian. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G. Reni.

Reference

11789i

St. Agatha martyred, engraving mid 16th century

The history of the ten persecutions in the primitive church. To which is added, an account of the martyrdom of John Huss and Jerome of Prague; together with divers Letters, wrote by John Huss while he was under Persecution. Extracted from the Martyrology of Mr John Fox.

Date

MDCCLXI. [1761]

England's bloody tribunal: or, Popish cruelty displayed. Containing a compleat account of the lives, religious principles, cruel persecutions, sufferings, tortures, and triumphant deaths, of the most pious English Protestant martyrs, Who have sealed the Faith of our Holy Religion with their Blood. Exhibiting A full View of Popery, with all its superstitious and horrid Practices; and tending to promote the Protestant Religion, by displaying the Errors of Popish Idolatry, and confirming the true Believer in the Faith of Our Blessed Redeemer, who was crucified for our Sins, and rose again for our Justification, and now sitteth at the Right Hand of God, making Intercession for us. To which is Added, A faithful Narrative of the many horrid Cruelties practiced by the Inquisition, in different Parts of the World. Also The Lives of the Primitive Reformers, whose Effigies are given in the Frontispiece to the Work. Together with A full and plain Refutation of the Errors of the Romish Church, laid down in such a Manner as to enable the unlearned Protestants to confute the chief Arguments of the most artful Popish Priests and their Emissaries. By the Reverend Matthew Taylor, D. D. By the King's Authority.

Date

MDCCLXIX. [1769]

St. Agatha martyred, engraving attributed to A. Van Dyck

The martyrdom of Saint Agnes: she is stabbed, and an angel receives the martyr's palm from Christ for bestowal upon her. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino.

Reference

25300i

Saint Peter is crucified upside down. Engraving by C. Tinti, 1784, after G. Reni.

Date

1784

Reference

24610i

A history of political and religious persecutions : from the earliest days of the Christian church / by Fernando Garrido and C.B. Cayley.

Date

[between 1870 and 1879?]

The martyrdom of Saint Sebastian with the message in French "AIDS makes no martyr, but rather victims who suffer. Solidarity with AIDS patients"; an advertisement by [L'association] Maison des Homosexualités Rhône-Alpes. Colour lithograph.

Date

[between 1990 and 1999]

Reference

672639i

Christ appears in the skies on the day of judgement. Engraving after M. Rota after Michelangelo.

Reference

25147i

The lives of the primitive martyrs, from the birth of Our Blessed Saviour, to the reign of Queen Mary I. With the life of Mr. John Fox.

Date

[1776?]

Il martirio di Santa Apollonia / Sergio Rocchietta.

Date

1991

Acts of English martyrs hitherto unpublished / with a preface by John Morris.

Date

1891