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Constantine I, Emperor of Rome, -337
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Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Emperor Constantine I stands at his throne and embraces a bishop. The emperor holds the rod of his office in his left hand, and other bishops observe with approval. The damage to the OSU copy of this illustration (pictured here) results from a reader having defaced the woodcut that appears on the verso side of the next leaf. This woodcut is the second in the "Proud Primacy of Popes" series and appears in the second (1570), third (1576), and fourth (1583) editions. Luborsky and Ingram 11223/25. JPEG file (3.93 MB). -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: This three-page woodcut insert illustrates thirty-five distinct scenes of torture and suffering. Foxe titles the composite image, "A Table of the X. first Persecutions of the Primitiue Church vnder the Heathen Tyrannes of Rome" ["A table of the ten first persecutions of the primitive church under the heathen tyrants of Rome"]. Workers at John Day's printing house employed just three woodblocks to create the image, which contains three segments pasted together. Speeches attributed to martyrs in individual scenes are keyed to locations in Foxe's text. The longer passage that runs across the bottom of the image explains Foxe's apocalyptic perspective on Christian history. The composite image illustrates martyrdoms spanned by the reigns of emperors Tiberius and Constantine I. The greatly expanded second edition (1570) of the Book of Martyrs, in which this insert first appears, begins its account with these martyrs, in a deliberate act of historical appropriation whereby Foxe reconstructs the deaths of early Christians as proto-Protestant martyrdoms. This woodcut also appears in the fourth edition (1583), but it does not appear in the first (1563) or third (1576) editions. Because it could easily be removed and posted on walls or posts, the illustration is frequently missing in surviving copies of the work. Of all Foxe illustrations, it is perhaps the scarcest to survive to the present day. Luborsky and Ingram 11223/1A. JPEG file (17.9 MB). and "MD" (see "Soldiers drag two Christians by ropes" in this collection). -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: The pope and an emperor (whom Foxe identifies generically as "Constantine, Theodosius, etc.") sit side by side on a wide throne, and their attendants observe. The pope holds a book in his right hand, and the emperor holds the rod of his office in his right hand. The damage to the OSU copy of this illustration (pictured here) results from a reader having defaced the woodcut that appears on the verso side of this leaf. This woodcut is the third in the "Proud Primacy of Popes" series and appears in the second (1570), third (1576), and fourth (1583) editions. Luborsky and Ingram 11223/26. JPEG file (4.21 MB). -
Contributing Institution: Claremont School of Theology Library Description: Æ 3 minted at Trier, A.D. 327-328. Helena standing left, holding branch. JPG file (64 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Claremont School of Theology Library Description: Æ 3 minted at Cyzi cus, A.D. 317-320. Jupiter standing left holding Victory on globe. JPG file (66 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Claremont School of Theology Library Description: Æ follis minted at London, c. A.D. 310. Laureate and cuirassed bust right of Constantine I. JPG file ( 89 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Claremont School of Theology Library Description: Æ follis minted at Thessalonica, c. A.D. 312-313. Laureate, cuirassed and draped bust right of Constantine I. JPG file (99 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Library Description: Roman bronze coin, Constantine I, commemorative struck after his death. Provenance: Rome. Obverse: Veiled head, right. Latin inscriptions. Reverse: Constantine in quad Riga, galloping right. Hand of god above. Uncertain mint. Condition: very fine. JPG file (165 KB). -
Contributing Institution: Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Library Description: Roman bronze coin, Constantine I, commemorative struck after his death. Provenance: Rome. Obverse: Veiled head, right. Latin inscriptions. Reverse: Constantine in quad Riga, galloping right. Hand of god above. Uncertain mint. Condition: very fine. JPG file (104 KB).