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Theatre des martyrs = Schau-Buhne der Martyrer : depuis la mort J. Christ jusqu' à present : représenté en tres belles tailles-douces

Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712

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Illustrative and Decorative Content: Illustrations originally published in the 2d ed., 1685, of Het bloedig tooneel ... by T.J. van Bracht.
Binding: Bound in calf with segmented, gilt tooled spine.
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1698
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Christian martyrs in art, Martyrs
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Seventeenth century
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Theatre des martyrs = Schau-Buhne der Martyrer : depuis la mort J. Christ jusqu' à present : représenté en tres belles tailles-douces

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Bloedig toneel
Schau-Buhne der Martyrer

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1698

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Summary:
Illustrative and Decorative Content: Illustrations originally published in the 2d ed., 1685, of Het bloedig tooneel ... by T.J. van Bracht.
Binding: Bound in calf with segmented, gilt tooled spine.
Additional Details: Captions in French and German.

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Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712

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Aa, Pieter van der, 1659-1733

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Leiden (Netherlands)

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Braght, Thieleman J. van (Thieleman Janszoon), 1625-1664

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French
German

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Christian martyrs in art
Martyrs

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Seventeenth century

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1 unnumbered leaf, 115 leaves of plates
23 x 26 cm

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An engraving depicting the torture of Huguenots in Poitou. The image shows a man bound and forced to drink through a funnel (bottom right), a man having his hand boiled (center left), and a man forced to inhale smoke from a pipe (background center).[Pe]rsecution par l'Intendent de Marillac en Poitou, l'an 1685
An engraving depicting the persecution, torture, and murder of Huguenots in Niort. The image shows a man being buried alive (bottom left), a woman being beaten (bottom right), a man being dropped into a well (bottom center), and people being hanged and beaten (background left).Les cruautez du President Marsaut, a Niort, l'an 1684
An engraving depicting the persecution and disposession of the Huguenots. The image shows a group of Huguenots being arrested (foreground) while a church and town are destroyed (background).Les Reformés persecutés à Marmande en France, l'an 1684
An engraving depicting Hungarian Protestant priests forced into labor aboard Neopolitan galleys. The image shows groups of priests being placed on small boats for transfer to galleys (background) in Naples.Les Ministres Hongroir envoyé aux Galleres, l'an 1674
An engraving depicting the torture and forced labor of Protestant priests in Hungary. The image shows the priests digging and hauling dirt in work parties under the watch of overseers.Miseres fait aux Ministres Protestans en Hongrie en l'an 1674
An engraving depicting the Portadown massacre. The image shows people being cut apart and roasted over a fire (foreground) and being pushed en masse off a bridge into the River Bann (background).Massacre d'Irlande pres l'an 1644
An engraving depicting the Siege of Magdeburg during the Thirty Years' War. The image shows the invading forces murdering civilians and burning the city.Massacre de Tilly à Magdebourg, l'an 1631
An engraving depicting the persecution of Protestants under King Sigismund in Poland. The image shows two clergymen overseeing the beating and murder of people in the streets and the burning of a building.Les Chretiens en Pologne persecuté par leur Roi Sigismond, l'an 1617
An engraving depicting the massacre of Anabaptists under the orders of the Bishop of Chur. The image shows two men shooting a third with rifles while standing over two bodies (foreground), people being thrown from windows (background, center), and people being hanged (background left).Massacre dans la Ville de Tiran, par l'Evêque de Chur, pres l'an 1606
An engraving depicting the persecution of Anabaptists under Ferdinand II. The image shows a man being arrested while books are being burned behind him (left), a town being destroyed (background), and the belongings of families being siezed (right).Persecutions fuit par Ferdinand Archiduc de Grats, pres l'an 1600
An engraving depicting the torture of Anabaptists in the Netherlands under the rule of the Duke of Alba. The image shows torturers afixing vises to the tongues of two men and heating them with iron (left and right) and a number of individuals being burned at the stake (background).Les cruautez du Duc d'Albe dans les Pais-bas, l'an 1567
An engraving depicting the mass persecution of Anabaptists in Switzerland. The image shows a woman being arrested and pulled from her home while other groups of guards search houses in the background.Les Persecutions en Suisse, A. 1637
An engraving depicting the execution of Anne van den Hove. The image shows van den Hove buried up to her neck while priests attempt to convince her to recant.Anne vande Hoven, enterrée toute vive à Bruxelles, A. 1597
An engraving depicting the execution of Mattheus Mair. The image shows Mair, bound, being lowered into a river as a crowd watches.Matthieu Mair, noyé à Wier, A. 1592
An engraving depicting the imprisonment of George Wanger. The image shows Wanger chained to a wall in a prison, lying on a bed of straw.George Wanger decapité à Brixen, A. 1591
An engraving depicting the executin of Hendrick Sumer and Jacob Mandel. The image shows Mandel's body laid out before Sumer in an attempt to convince him to recant.Henri Sumer et Iacob Mandel noyez à Baden, A. 1582
An engraving depicting Lauwerens Janss Noodtdruft being led to execution. The image shows Noodtdruft bound and flanked by guards and a monk.Laurens Iansz Nooddruft, de Delft, brulé à Anvers, A. 1577
An engraving depicting the torture of Hans Bret. The image shows a torturer afixing a vise around Bret's tongue and preparing to heat it with an iron.Iean Bret, Anglois, brulé, la bouche fermée avec une vis, à Anvers, A. 1576
An engraving depicting the execution of Hendrick Pruyt. The image shows Pruyt siting in his boat which has been set aflame.Henri Pruyt, garotté dans son bateau, et brulé avec lui hors de Worcom, A. 1574
An engraving depicting the execution of Anthonie Ysbaarts. The image shows Ysbaarts bound to a stake as a man attempts to stop the executioner from lighting the pyre.Antoine Ysbaarts, brulé à Tielt en Flandres, A. 1573
An engraving depicting the aftermath of the execution of Marie Wens. The image shows Wens' sons searching through the ashes of their mother's pyre for something to remember her.Marie Wens étant brulée la bouche fermée avec une vis, son fils vient chercher cette vis pour en garder le souvenir, A. 1573
An engraving depicting the execution of Jan Smit. The image shows Smit hung by the ankle from a gallows outside of Haarlem.Iean Smit, pendu hors de Harlem, A. 1572
An engraving depicting Hans Knevel before the margrave. The image shows Knevel, bound and with a chain on his leg, brought before the margrave after being arrested.Iean Knevel, brulé à Anvers, A. 1572
An engraving depicting the torture of Geleyn Corneliusz. The image depicts Corneliusz hanging from a crossbeam by one wrist, a weight tied around his opposite ankle, while his torturers play cards on the other side of the room.Geleyn Cornelisz, cruellement mis à la torture, et ensuite brulé, A. 1572
An engraving depicting the execution of Jan Wouterss van Kuyck and Adriaen Jans of Molenaersgraef. The image shows Jans being bound to a post atop an execution platform while Wouterss addresses the crowd.Iean Woutersz, de Kuyk et Adrienne Ians de Molenaarsgraaf brulez a Dordrecht, A. 1572
An engraving depicting the execution of Hans Misel. The image shows Misel kneeling with blood spurting from his neck as his head lays on the ground beside him, his executioner moving to kick is body over as a crowd watches.Iean Misel, decapité à Warthausen, A. 1571
An engraving depicting the public execution of a dozen people. The image shows a card of people being brought to an execution platforms where several have already been bound to stakes which are being prepared to be burned.Douze persones decapitées et brulées à Deventer, A. 1571
An engraving depicting the execution of Wolfgang Pinder. The image shows Pinder bound and on the ground as his executioner cuts at his neck with a sword while a crowd watches.Volfgang Pinder, decapité à Schardingen, A. 1571
An engraving depicting the execution of Anne Hendricks. The image shows Hendricks, bound to a ladder, being lifted towards a bonfire as a crowd watches.Anne Hendriks, brulée à Amsterdam, A. 1571
An engraving depicting the arrest of Hans van den Wege. The image shows van den Wege being aprehended by guardsmen on horseback while at the fishmarket.Iean vanden Wegen, pris aux Marché aux poissons à Gand, et ensuite brulé, A. 1570
An engraving depicting the torture of Ursel, a schoolteacher. The image shows Ursel hung by her wrists from a post in a torture chamber being scourged by a man while a crowd watches.Urselle, Maitresse d'ecole, mise à la torture, fouetée, et ensuite brulée, A. 1570
An engraving depicting the execution of Willem Janss. The image shows Janss stepping up onto a bundle of wood beside a post as a monk and crowd watch.Guillaume Iansz, de Durgerdam, brulé à Amsterdam, A. 1569
An engraving depicting a debate between Jacob de Roore, the Chandler, and Friar Cornelius before de Roore's execution. The image shows de Roore chained in a dungeon, sitting across from the friar and two noblemen as they debate.I. de Keersemaker, disputé avec Broer Cornelis à Bruges et ensuite brulé, A. 1569
An engraving depicting Dirk Willems, who as later burned at the stake, rescuing his pursuer from an icy body of water.Frederic Willemsz, pris et brulé hors d'Asperen, A. 1569
An engraving depicting Pieter Pieters Beckjen, who was later burned at the stake, preaching to a group in his boat. The image shows a group of nine gathered in a boat while a man at the bow reads from a Bible, the city of Amsterdam visible behind them.Pierre Pietersz Bekjen, brulé à Amsterdam, A. 1596 [1569]
An engraving depicting the execution of Jacob Dircks and his two older sons. The image shows Dircks and his older sons being led towards a trio of posts where they are to be burned while Dircks' youngest son wraps his arms around his father's neck.Iacob Dirksz brulé avec ses deux fils à Anvers, A. 1568
An engraving depicting the execution of Christian Langedul and three others. The image shows the four bound men being led inside a straw lean-to and chained to posts within while a brazier sits to the side ready to light the lean-to on fire.Christien Langedul et trois autres brulez à Anvers, A. 1567
An engraving depicting the execution of Matthias Servaes. The image shows Servaes being led towards the execution site with hands held in prayer (right) while a young man (left) and woman (right) who had wished to speak with him and were apprehended are ordered to be releasted by a nobleman (right, on horse).Matthieu Servaas, decapité à Cologne, A. 1565
An engraving depicting the execution of Heyndrick Eemkens. The image shows Eemkens bound by his neck to a post (right) and his executioner holding out a burning bundle of straw laced with gunpowder towards him.Henri Eemkens, brulé à Utrecht, A. 1562
An engraving depicting the torture of Joost Joosten before his execution. The image shows a young man seated and bound as three torturers drive spikes through his knees and out the tops of his ankles.Ioost, horriblement tourmenté, et ensuite brulé a ter Veer en'Zelande, A. 1560
An engraving depicting the execution of Lanaert Plovier, Jenne van Aken, and Marie van Aken. The image shows Plovier praying as he is placed in a sack (left), one of the van Aken's lying on the ground already bound in a sack (bottom), and the other van Aken (also bound in a sack) being placed head-first in a barrel of water.Léonard Plovier, Ieanne et Marie van Aken, noyez à Anvers, A. 1560
An engraving depicting the arrest of Andries Langedul. The image shows Langedul seated on a porch witha Bible open on his lap, the open door behind him showing his family inside the house, as a man accompanied by guards approaches him from the street.André Langedul, decapité dans la prison à Anvers, A. 1559
An engraving depicting the execution of Jan Bosch. The image shows Bosch praying within a burning straw frame as an executioner watches.Iean Bosch, brulé à Mastricht, A. 1559
An engraving depicting the imprisonment of Jaques d'Auchy. The image shows d'Auchy chained in a prison (right) with his wife standing before him as the guard urges her to leave.Iaques d'Auchy, tué à Leuwarde, A. 1559
An engraving depicting the arrest of Hans Smit and his congregation. The image shows a number of men, women, and an infant being bound and led out of a house by guards with halberds.Iean Smit et onze autres tuez à Aix la Chapelle, A. 1558
An engraving depicting the execution of Ioris Wippe. The image shows Wippe bound and standing backwards in front of a wine barrel in a dungeon as another man pushes him backwards towards the filled barrel.Ioris Wippe, noyé dans un tonneau à Dordrecht, A. 1558
An engraving depicting the execution of Algerius, a student from Padua. The image shows Algerius being drenched in boiling oil as he stands before a prepared stake and pyre while a monk attempts to convince him to repent.Algerius, Etudiant de Padoue, brulé à Rome, A. 1557
An engraving depicting the execution of Joriaen Simons, Clement Dirks, and Marie Joris. The image shows the two figures being burnt at the stake (left) and a crowd of people rescuing books, which had belonged to Simons, from a fire.Iuriaan Simons, Clement Dirksz, et Marie Ioris brulez à Harlem, A. 1557
An engraving depicting Gerard Hasepoot speaking with his wife a final time before his execution. The image shows Hasepoot (center) denying the offered wine as he speaks to his crying wife who holds their child as the judges who sentenced him to death watch.Gerard Hasepoot, brulé à Nimegue, A. 1556
An engraving depicting the arrest of Augustine the baker. The image shows Augustine, who had been kneeding dough, attempting to flee as a trio of men arrive at his bakery in order to arrest him.Augustin, boulanger à Beverwyk, jetté dans le feu attaché à une échelle et brulé, A. 1556
An engraving depicting the execution of David and Levina. The image shows Levina and David having been strangled and burned at the stake, and a man stabbing David to make sure he is dead.David et Levina etranglez et brulez à Gand, A. 1554
An engraving depicting the shopkeeper, Simon, refusing to worship the crucifix. The image shows Simon (right) standing resolutely as other kneeling citizens try to encourage him to kneel before the passing procession of the crucifix.Simon, mercier, brulé à Bergue-op-Zoom, A. 1553
An engraving depicting the execution of Anne Ians. The image shows Anne being led away as she reaches back to deliver her final testament of faith to her son.Anne Ians, noyée à Rotterdam, A. 1539
An engraving depicting the execution of a woman, Maria. The image shows Maria being bound at the edge of a dock, and as she removes her own outer garments, a monk attempts to encourage her to renounce her faith.Marie, noyée à Monjou, A. 1552
An engraving depicting the execution of two young women. The image shows the young women, with crowns of straw on their heads, being led towards a stake being prepared in the background.Deux Jeunes Filles tuées dans l'Evêché de Bamberg environ l'An 1550
An engraving depicting the execution of Johan Knel (or possibly Büchner). The image shows Knel being bound to a stake with bundles of wood placed beneath as a monk attempts to plead with him.Jean Knel brulé à Londres, A. 1550
An engraving depicting the arrest of Hans van Overdam in the woods outside of Ghent. The image shows a group of men wielding clubs approaching van Overdam and his companion while a group of mounted men wait in the distance.Iean d'Overdam tué a Gand, A. 1550
An engraving depicting the execution of six men and two women. The image shows the victims bound to stakes and being burned as various clergymen watch.Six fréres et deux soeurs brulées à Amsterdam, A. 1549
An engraving depicting the execution of Leonhard Bernkopff. The image shows Bernkopff bound to a stake while a man stokes a fire beside him.Léonard Bernkop brulé à Saltzbourg, A. 1542
An engraving depicting the mass persecution of Anabaptists in Austria. The image shows men being led away in chains as their families weap and pray for them.Grande Persecution dans l'Autriche, A. 1540
An engraving depicting the execution and torture of some 350 people in Alzey on the orders of the Holy Roman Emperor. The image shows a man having his fingers removed with a chisel (right), a man being blindfolded in preparation for beheading (center), and a bound man with a cross burned onto his forehead (left).Environ 350 Personnes tuées près d'Altzey par par ordre de l'Empereur, A. 1529
An engraving depicting the execution of seven Anabaptists. The image shows the prisioners facing a man on a horse and (presumably) professing their faith whiel an executioner prepares to behead them.Sept fréres decapitez à Gemunde en Souabe, A. 1529
An engraving depicting the burning of eighteen Anabaptists. The image shows the victims bound to burning stakes and praying as a pair of men stoke the fires.18 Personnes brulées à Saltzbourg, A. 1528
An engraving depicting the execution of Leonhard Kaiser, a Lutheran martyr. The image shows Kaiser reaching down to pick a flower as he is carted towards a large bonfire in the background.Léonard Keyser, Pretre, brulé comme héretique à Schardingen, A. 1527
An engraving depicting the execution of Hans Koch and Leonhard Meister. The image shows Koch and Meister with hands held in prayer as they are directed towards an executioner's platform.Iean Koch et Léonard Meyster, tueez à Ausbourg, A. 1524
An engraving depicting the execution of William White, a preacher and accused heretic. The image shows william standing before the stake he is to be burned at, while a bishop oversees the proceedings.Guillaume White, Prêtre en Angleterre brulé comme héretique à Nordwich, A. 1428
An engraving depicting the execution of Fra. Dolcino and his wife (co-preacher or concubine), Margaret of Trent. The image shows Dolcino being cut to pieces by two men while another two grab at Margaret and a fire is prepared in the background.Dulcin avec sa femme déchurez par piéces et brulez à Novare, A. 1308
An engraving depicting the burning of 224 Waldensians outside of Toulouse. The image shows a large number of stakes with people tied to them being set ablaze as a crowd watches.224 Vaudois brulez prés de Thoulouse, A. 1243
An engraving depicting the burning of eighty Waldensians in Strasbourg. The image shows a number of individuals already tied to stakes (right) while others are being prepared to be led to the pyres (left).Environ 80 Vaudois brulez à Strasbourg, A. 1215
An engraving depicting the torture of Waldensians, who Pope Innocent III denounced as heretics, by pressing hot irons to their hands. The image shows a clergyman holding a burning iron above the hand of a Waldensian while a crowd watches.Torture donnée aux Vaudois avec du fer ardent dans la main, A. 1214
An engraving depicting the burning of 180 people from the Cathar sect who had been labeled heretics by the Pope. The image shows a massive bonfire with numerous people being thrown onto it while a crowd watches.180 Persones brulées sous le nom d'Albigois comme des héretiques, A. 1210
An engraving depicting a number of Waldensians and Albigenses, called "Publicans," being burned. The image shows a bound man being pushed into a bonfire, where several others have already been thrown, as a bishop and priest watch.Grand nombre de Chrétiens brulez sous le nom de Publicains en France et en Angleterre, A. 1182
An engraving depicting the body of Arnaldo of Brescia, who was burned at the stake for heresy. The image shows two men using tongs to push the Arnoldo's remaining bones into the flames as a monk and the pope watch.Arnaldus, Lecteur à Brixen, brulé comme héretique à Rome, A. 1145
An engraving depicting the burning of forty individuals accused of heresy by the Council of Orleans. The image depicts bound figures being lead to a massive bonfire.Quatorze personnes brulées comme héretiques à Orleans, A. 1022
An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Pelagius of Córdoba. The image shows Pelagius being held up as his arms are cut off and the torturer prepares to cut off his feet.Pelage, àgé de 13 ans, avant èu les bras et les piés coupez est brulé à Cordue, A. 925
An engraving depicting the martyrdom of John, a merchant of Cordoba. The image shows John bound and sitting backwards on a donkey being led by a Muslim (evidinced by the star and moon symbols on their clothes).Iean, marchand à Cordoue mis à reculons sur un àne, et en suite brulé, A. 850
An engraving depicting the death of Clement of Scotland, who was accused of heresy by Saint Boniface and burned at the stake.Clement, Ecossois, brulé comme héreticus, A. 750
An engraving depicting the martyrdom of the 440 Martyrs killed by the Lombards. The image shows figures being beheaded (left) while a man kneels before an altar with a goat's head.Beaucoup de Chrétiens de la lombardie executez à mort, A. 566
An engraving depicting the death of the Vandal king, Huneric, by "worms and pus," as punishment for persecuting the Christians. The image shows Huneric lying on a bed, his left hand and foot fallen off, while his gathered attendants cover their faces against the smell.Honorïcus, Roi des Vandales, persecuteur des Chretiens, est ronge des vers et des pous, A. 477
An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Julitta and her child, Cyricus. The image shows Julitta tied to a post and being whipped (left), a hook for torture on the ground beside her, and the governor of Tarsus holding Julitta's child, Cyricus, by the legs, preparing to throw him down a staircase (right).Iulitta, fauetée à Tarse, te mise a mort avec ses enfaris, A. 304
An engraving depicting the Eulalia kicking over an alter to a Roman god in an event preceeding her martyrdom. In the image, the crowd around Eulalia appearing outraged.Eulalie, brulée et suffoquée avec des lampes et des flambeaux à Villa Nova en Portugal, A. 302
An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Cassian of Imola. The image shows Cassian bound and stabbed with styli (writing implements used with wax tablets) by his students.Cassien, Maitre d'école Chretien, tué à coups de stilets par ses Ecoliers Payens à Imola, A. 302
An engraving depicting various tortures and executions of Christians during the persecutions ordered under Emperors Diocletian and Maximian. The image shows five different methods of crucifixion (right), people being burned at the stake (center, background), a man being beaten (center), a figure being attacked by dogs (bottom left), and a figure being stabbed, covered in oil, and burned (left), all while the Emperors watch (top left, background).Cruaictez horibles exercées contre les Chrétiens, sous Diocletien et Maximien, A. 301
An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saints Tarachus, Probus, and Andronicus. The image shows the three men lying in an arena, praying and appealing to heaven as they are surrounded by a lion and bear which refuse to attack them.Tharacus, Probus et Andronious Jettez aux betes sauvages, et ensuite parcez de coups, A. 290
An engraving depicting the torture of Saints Tarachus, Probus, and Andronicus before their martyrdom. The image shows one of the saints standing before the governor Numerian Maximus, while implements of torture, including hot coals, appear in the foreground and background.Tharacus, Probus et Andronicus, cruellement traitez à Tarse, A. 290
An engraving depicting the torture of Origen. The image shows Origen chained to a prison wall by his neck, his hands clasped in prayer and feet locked in a stocks, while torturers head coals and hold burning straw towards him.Orïgene, mis à la torture à Alexandrie, et ensuite envoyé en exil, environ l'An 254
An engraving depicting Saint Cointha before her martyrdom. The image shows Cointha rejecting the altar of a Roman god as two men bring rope (right) with which to tie her by her feet to a horse to be dragged through the streets.Cointha, martirisée à Alexandrie, A. 252
An engraving depicting the burning of a building full of Christians by order of Emperor Maximinus I.L'Empereur Maximin fait bruler un grand nombre de Chrétiens, environ l'An 237
An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Felicity. The image shows Felicity being approached by a guard holding a set of keys, her hands clasped in prayer and chained to the prison wall by her neck. According to tradition, Felicity was martyred alongside Saint Perpetua, was an enslaved woman, and was pregnant at the time.Felicitas, de Tuburbi en Mauritanie, mise, à mort A. 201
An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Blandina. The image shows Blandina being tossed by a bull towards a second bull's oncoming charge, while in the background there is a burning grill where she had previously been severely burned.Blandine, rotie à demi sur un gril, et ensuite iettée aux bétes sauvages, A. 172
An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Polycarp. The image shows Polycarp sitting on a blazing fire with eyes turned towards heaven as a man stabs him with a sword.Polycarpe, cueque de Smyrne, mis à mort par le feu et par le fer, A. 168
An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Felicitas and her seven sons. The image shows five of the seven sons already dead, with one beheaded and another kneeling as the executioner prepares to behead him (left). On the right, Felicitas watches with her final son bound behind her (left).Felicitas, mise à mort avec ses 7 fils à Rome, A. 164
An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Phocas, the Bishop of Sinope. The image shows Phocas being tossed into a large, boiling bath (left) while a soldier (right) directs an old man's attention to the event. In the background a steaming lime kiln can be seen (right).Phocas, Evêque dans le Pont, mis dans unfour à chaux et Jetté dans l'eau bouillante à Sinope, environ l'An 118
An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Ignatius of Antioch. The image shows Ignatius standing alone in an arena and facing an oncoming lion with open arms as a crowd watches.S. Ignace, disciple S. Jean, devore par les betes farouches à Rome, A. 111
An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Vitalis of Milan. The image shows Vitalis being buried alive as a crowd watches.Vitalus enterré vif à Ravenne environ l'An 99
An engraving depicting the exile of Saint John the Evangelist on Patmos. The image shows John walking through the surf with ships in the background.S. Jean Evangeliste, relegué à Pathmas, environ l'An 97
An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Antipas of Pergamum. The image shows a hollow bull statue set above a blazing fire.Antipas, brulé vif dans un Taureau d'airain environ l'an 95
An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Luke the Evangelist. The image shows Luke having been hanged before a crowd from an olive tree.S. Luc Evangeliste, pendii à uri olivier dans la Gréce environ L'An 93
An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Matthias the Apostle. The image shows Matthias bound to a cross and stoned by a crowd while an ax sits ready (bottom right) to behead him.S. Matthias Apotre crucifié lapidé et ensuite decapité A. 70
An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Simon the Zealot. The image shows Simon being led towards a prepared cross, the spikes to be used to nail him down prepared in a basket in the foreground.S. Simon le Zelatier; crucifié en Syrie, A. 70
An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Matthew the Apostle and Evangelist. The image shows Matthew nailed to the ground by both his hands and feet as an executioner stands above him wielding an axe and preparing to behead him.S. Matthieu Apotre, et Evangeliste, Cloué à la terre et decapité à Nadavar en Ethiopié, A. 70
An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Thomas the Apostle. The image shows Thomas led towards a large furnace by a groupof four spearmen as a king looks on from the back of an elephant.S. Tomas, missur des plaques ardantes, jetté dans la fournaise, et percé decoups de lance à Calamine, environ l'An 70
An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew the Apostle. The image shows Bartholomew tied upsidedown to an X-shaped cross while two men flay him with knives before a crowd of onlookers, while in the foreground, a headsman's ax sits ready to behead him.S. Barthelemi Apotre, écorché tout vif, et ensuite decapité en Arménie, A. 70
An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Andrew the Apostle. The image shows Andrew bound with rope to an X-shaped cross while a crowd watches.S. André Apotre, crucifié à Patras en Achaïe, environ L'An 70
An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Paul the Apostle. The image shows Paul kneeling and blindfolded with hands together in prayer as the executioner unsheathes his sword and looks back towards Emperor Nero, who stands atop a wall in the background (upper left).S. Paul Apotre, decapité á Rome sous Neron, A. 69
An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Peter the Apostle. The image shows Peter crucified upsidedown as Emperor Nero watches from horseback in the background.S. Pierre Apotre, crucifié la tête en bas á Rome sous Neron, A. 69
An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Mark the Evangelist. The image shows Marc being dragged with ropes and hooks.S. Marc L'Evangeliste, trainé á Alexandrie pour être brulé, meurt en chemin, A. 64
An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Barnabas. The image shows Barnabas being dragged by a rope around his neck towards a fire which is being built in the background.S. Barnabé brulé a Salamine, en Cypre, A. 64
An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint James the Less. The image shows James kneeling with hands raised in prayer as a crowd stones and beats him.S. Jaques le mineur, Apotre, martirisé et tué d'un coup de levier, a Jerusalem, A. 63
An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Phillip the Apostle. The image shows Philip standing against a pillar with hands raised in prayer as he looks away from the crowd which is stoning him to death.L'Apotre S. Philippe martirisé a Hierapolis en Phrygie, A. 54
An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint James the Greater. The image shows James kneeling, blindfolded and with hands held in prayer, as a soldier prepares to decapitate him.S. Jaques le Majeur; Apotre, decapité a Jerusalem, A. 45
An engraving depicting the martyrdom of St. Stephan. The image shows Stephen kneeling outside the gates of Jerusalem as a crowd stones him to death.S. Etiené martirisé hors de Jerusalem, A. 34
An engraving depicting the decapitation of John the Baptist. The scene shows a guard holding the bindings around the arms of John, whose body lays on the floor of the dungeon bleeding from the neck as the executioner walks towards the guarded door with John's head on a platter.S. Jean Baptiste decapiti, l'An de Christ 32
An engraving depicting Jesus being nailed to the cross. A soldier holds Jesus whil two workmen drive nails into his feet and left hand. To the left are the two thieves who are to be crucified alongside Jesus, Gestas and Dismas.Jesus Christ crucifii hors de Jerusalem
An engraved title page to Jean Luiken's Theatre des Martyrs. In the center, there is a depiction of several martyrdoms, including being boiled, being spun on a wheel across spikes, and burning at the stake, under which is the phrase, "per angusta ad augusta" (from crisis to glory). Forming a border around the title information is a collection of weapons and instruments of torture which are related to various martyrdoms, including: swords, maces, spears, arrows, axes, clubs, halberds, flails, saws, knives, chains, manacles, torches, mallets, anchors, and a crown of thorns.Historiated title page of Theatre des Martyrs

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An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Blandina. The image shows Blandina being tossed by a bull towards a second bull's oncoming charge, while in the background there is a burning grill where she had previously been severely burned.Blandine, rotie à demi sur un gril, et ensuite iettée aux bétes sauvages, A. 172
An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Felicity. The image shows Felicity being approached by a guard holding a set of keys, her hands clasped in prayer and chained to the prison wall by her neck. According to tradition, Felicity was martyred alongside Saint Perpetua, was an enslaved woman, and was pregnant at the time.Felicitas, de Tuburbi en Mauritanie, mise, à mort A. 201
An engraving depicting the burning of a building full of Christians by order of Emperor Maximinus I.L'Empereur Maximin fait bruler un grand nombre de Chrétiens, environ l'An 237
An engraving depicting Saint Cointha before her martyrdom. The image shows Cointha rejecting the altar of a Roman god as two men bring rope (right) with which to tie her by her feet to a horse to be dragged through the streets.Cointha, martirisée à Alexandrie, A. 252
An engraving depicting the torture of Origen. The image shows Origen chained to a prison wall by his neck, his hands clasped in prayer and feet locked in a stocks, while torturers head coals and hold burning straw towards him.Orïgene, mis à la torture à Alexandrie, et ensuite envoyé en exil, environ l'An 254
An engraving depicting the torture of Saints Tarachus, Probus, and Andronicus before their martyrdom. The image shows one of the saints standing before the governor Numerian Maximus, while implements of torture, including hot coals, appear in the foreground and background.Tharacus, Probus et Andronicus, cruellement traitez à Tarse, A. 290
An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saints Tarachus, Probus, and Andronicus. The image shows the three men lying in an arena, praying and appealing to heaven as they are surrounded by a lion and bear which refuse to attack them.Tharacus, Probus et Andronious Jettez aux betes sauvages, et ensuite parcez de coups, A. 290
An engraving depicting various tortures and executions of Christians during the persecutions ordered under Emperors Diocletian and Maximian. The image shows five different methods of crucifixion (right), people being burned at the stake (center, background), a man being beaten (center), a figure being attacked by dogs (bottom left), and a figure being stabbed, covered in oil, and burned (left), all while the Emperors watch (top left, background).Cruaictez horibles exercées contre les Chrétiens, sous Diocletien et Maximien, A. 301
An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Cassian of Imola. The image shows Cassian bound and stabbed with styli (writing implements used with wax tablets) by his students.Cassien, Maitre d'école Chretien, tué à coups de stilets par ses Ecoliers Payens à Imola, A. 302
An engraving depicting the Eulalia kicking over an alter to a Roman god in an event preceeding her martyrdom. In the image, the crowd around Eulalia appearing outraged.Eulalie, brulée et suffoquée avec des lampes et des flambeaux à Villa Nova en Portugal, A. 302
An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Julitta and her child, Cyricus. The image shows Julitta tied to a post and being whipped (left), a hook for torture on the ground beside her, and the governor of Tarsus holding Julitta's child, Cyricus, by the legs, preparing to throw him down a staircase (right).Iulitta, fauetée à Tarse, te mise a mort avec ses enfaris, A. 304
An engraving depicting the death of the Vandal king, Huneric, by "worms and pus," as punishment for persecuting the Christians. The image shows Huneric lying on a bed, his left hand and foot fallen off, while his gathered attendants cover their faces against the smell.Honorïcus, Roi des Vandales, persecuteur des Chretiens, est ronge des vers et des pous, A. 477
An engraving depicting the martyrdom of the 440 Martyrs killed by the Lombards. The image shows figures being beheaded (left) while a man kneels before an altar with a goat's head.Beaucoup de Chrétiens de la lombardie executez à mort, A. 566
An engraving depicting the death of Clement of Scotland, who was accused of heresy by Saint Boniface and burned at the stake.Clement, Ecossois, brulé comme héreticus, A. 750
An engraving depicting the martyrdom of John, a merchant of Cordoba. The image shows John bound and sitting backwards on a donkey being led by a Muslim (evidinced by the star and moon symbols on their clothes).Iean, marchand à Cordoue mis à reculons sur un àne, et en suite brulé, A. 850
An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Pelagius of Córdoba. The image shows Pelagius being held up as his arms are cut off and the torturer prepares to cut off his feet.Pelage, àgé de 13 ans, avant èu les bras et les piés coupez est brulé à Cordue, A. 925
An engraving depicting the burning of forty individuals accused of heresy by the Council of Orleans. The image depicts bound figures being lead to a massive bonfire.Quatorze personnes brulées comme héretiques à Orleans, A. 1022
An engraving depicting the body of Arnaldo of Brescia, who was burned at the stake for heresy. The image shows two men using tongs to push the Arnoldo's remaining bones into the flames as a monk and the pope watch.Arnaldus, Lecteur à Brixen, brulé comme héretique à Rome, A. 1145
An engraving depicting a number of Waldensians and Albigenses, called "Publicans," being burned. The image shows a bound man being pushed into a bonfire, where several others have already been thrown, as a bishop and priest watch.Grand nombre de Chrétiens brulez sous le nom de Publicains en France et en Angleterre, A. 1182
An engraving depicting the burning of 180 people from the Cathar sect who had been labeled heretics by the Pope. The image shows a massive bonfire with numerous people being thrown onto it while a crowd watches.180 Persones brulées sous le nom d'Albigois comme des héretiques, A. 1210
An engraving depicting the torture of Waldensians, who Pope Innocent III denounced as heretics, by pressing hot irons to their hands. The image shows a clergyman holding a burning iron above the hand of a Waldensian while a crowd watches.Torture donnée aux Vaudois avec du fer ardent dans la main, A. 1214
An engraving depicting the burning of eighty Waldensians in Strasbourg. The image shows a number of individuals already tied to stakes (right) while others are being prepared to be led to the pyres (left).Environ 80 Vaudois brulez à Strasbourg, A. 1215
An engraving depicting the burning of 224 Waldensians outside of Toulouse. The image shows a large number of stakes with people tied to them being set ablaze as a crowd watches.224 Vaudois brulez prés de Thoulouse, A. 1243
An engraving depicting the execution of Fra. Dolcino and his wife (co-preacher or concubine), Margaret of Trent. The image shows Dolcino being cut to pieces by two men while another two grab at Margaret and a fire is prepared in the background.Dulcin avec sa femme déchurez par piéces et brulez à Novare, A. 1308
An engraving depicting the execution of William White, a preacher and accused heretic. The image shows william standing before the stake he is to be burned at, while a bishop oversees the proceedings.Guillaume White, Prêtre en Angleterre brulé comme héretique à Nordwich, A. 1428