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  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: The decapitated body of John the Baptist and the soldier sheathing his sword are in the foreground, while John's head is carried on a platter to the table where Herod the tetrarch and his consort Herodias are seated at table in the rear
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: The Apostle Matthew stands with book and spear in hand, while in the background is depicted his own martyrdom. The monogram of the artist, Virgil Solis (1514-1562), is in the clouds at the upper left.
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: The Apostle Matthias stands with book in hand and his attribute the axe, while in the background is depicted his own martyrdom by beheading. The monogram of the artist, Virgil Solis (1514-1562), is on the blade of the axe.
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: The Apostle Bartholomew stands with book and knife in hand, while in the background is depicted his own martyrdom. The monogram of the artist, Virgil Solis (1514-1562), is in the clouds at the upper right.
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: The Apostle Philip stands with a staff with a cross at its head, while in the background is depicted his own martyrdom by crucifixion. The monogram of the artist, Virgil Solis (1514-1562), is in the clouds at the upper left.
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: The Apostle Matthew stands with a builder's square in hand, while in the background is depicted his own martyrdom by decapitation. The monogram of the artist, Virgil Solis (1514-1562), is on the tree limb at the upper right.
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: The Apostle Judas Thadeus stands with his attribute the club, while in the background is depicted his own martyrdom by beating. The monogram of the artist, Virgil Solis (1514-1562), is in the upper right.
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: The Apostle Simon, the Zealot stands with book in hand and his attribute the saw, while in the background is depicted his own martyrdom by being sawn in two. The monogram of the artist, Virgil Solis (1514-1562), is in the upper right
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: The Apostle Philip is shown here being martyred by crucifixion
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: Some Christian tradition holds that the Apostle Bartholomew was martyred by being flayed alive