"MD" (see "Soldiers drag two Christians by ropes" in this collection).
Four soldiers prepare to throw a naked man upon the horns of six raging bulls. The bulls are chained to stumps, and two people, also naked, have already been tossed to them. (Cartouche: "Christians tossed upon Bulles hornes.48." ["Christians tossed upon Bulls' horns. 48."]). This woodcut appears on the "Table of the Ten First Persecutions of the Primitive Church" foldout illustration in the second (1570) and fourth (1583) editions. Luborsky and Ingram 11223/1A (detail). JPEG file (572 KB).
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