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Soldiers roast a martyr alive

Contributing Institution:	Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries
Description:	Two guards roast a naked man, whom they have bound to a spit. One of the guards ladles vinegar and salt over the martyr. The bucket containing the vinegar-salt mixture rests at the guard's right knee. [Cartouche: "The rosting of Christians at a low fire, with vineger and salt poured upo[n] their ...

Martyrs hang from gallows by the waist

Contributing Institution:	Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries
Description:	"MD" (see "Soldiers drag two Christians by ropes" in this collection).

Soldiers scrape a man with shells

Contributing Institution:	Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries
Description:	"MD" (see "Soldiers drag two Christians by ropes" in this collection).

Martyr burns in an iron chair

Contributing Institution:	Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries
Description:	"MD" (see "Soldiers drag two Christians by ropes" in this collection).

Soldier impales Christians on a spear

Contributing Institution:	Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries
Description:	"MD" (see "Soldiers drag two Christians by ropes" in this collection).

Twenty thousand Christians burn in their Temple

Contributing Institution:	Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries
Description:	"MD" (see "Soldiers drag two Christians by ropes" in this collection).

John Cassian suffers martyrdom at the hands of his students

Contributing Institution:	Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries
Description:	"MD" (see "Soldiers drag two Christians by ropes" in this collection).

Martyrs suffer branding and the removal of their eyes

Contributing Institution:	Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries
Description:	"MD" (see "Soldiers drag two Christians by ropes" in this collection).

Four martyrs burn to death in oil

Contributing Institution:	Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries
Description:	"MD" (see "Soldiers drag two Christians by ropes" in this collection).

Four horses quarter a man

Contributing Institution:	Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries
Description:	Four horses are fastened to four separate harnesses, each of which is connected to the limb of a martyr. The man is dressed in loincloth. Two soldiers whip the horses, which pull the man apart. (Cartouche: "The Christians drawne in peeces with wild horses. 79." ["The Christians drawn in pieces wi...