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Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: "MD" (see "Soldiers drag two Christians by ropes" in this collection). and Lawrence ("This side is now rosted inough,turne up O tyrant great. &c. 72." ["This side is now roasted enough, turn up (i.e., over) o tyrant great, etc. 72."]) lies naked on his left side on a grid iron. A man operates a bellows that fuels the flames. Lawrence raises his right arm above his head, and another man places an additional log on the fire. Soldiers and an emperor observe. (Cartouche: "Laurence layd upon the Gridyron, by Galienus, or Decius. 72." ["Laurence laid upon the grid iron by Galienus or Decius. 72."]). 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 (1.26 MB). -
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: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: An enthroned emperor observes the suffering and martyrdom of Christian bishops. The emperor holds a sword, which symbolizes his authority, and soldiers attend him. The woodcut contains six scenes of torture: flames engulf a martyr (upper left); lions devour a naked man (upper center); two workers crucify a man upside-down (upper right) (see "St. Peter undergoes crucifixion upside-down" in this collection); two guards flog a man, who is dressed in loincloth, tied to a stake, and bleeding (right foreground); a torturer stands on and drills out the eye of a bound bishop (center foreground) (see "Martyrs suffer branding and the removal of their eyes" in this collection); and a man kneels, about to be beheaded (center). Beginning with the second edition (1570), this woodcut and the eleven that follow it comprise an appendix to volume one of the work, under the title "The Proud Primacy of Popes." This appendix details the alleged decline of relations between Christian monarchs and the papacy during the medieval period, a decline which Foxe traces from its beginning at the time of the primitive Church. 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. The "Proud Primacy" series appears in the second (1570), third (1576), and fourth (1583) editions. Luborsky and Ingram 11223/24. JPEG file (4.72 MB). -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Map showing fora, churches, monasteries, and other edifices in Rome (in Latin) JPG file (1,042 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Claremont School of Theology Library Description: Silver denarius minted at Rome, c. A.D. 66-67. Laureate head right of Nero. JPG file (60 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Claremont School of Theology Library Description: Silver denarius minted at Rome, c. A.D. 66-67. Salus seated left holding patera. JPG file (55 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Claremont School of Theology Library Description: Æ 24 (diobol) minted aty Alexandria in Egypt, regnal year 3 (A.D. 42-43). Hippopotamus right; in exergue, date. JPG file (109 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Claremont School of Theology Library Description: Æ 24 (diobol) minted aty Alexandria in Egypt, regnal year 3 (A.D. 42-43). Laureate head right of Claudius, star in lower right field. JPG file (103 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Claremont School of Theology Library Description: Æ (copper allow) Inscription around RCC. JPG file (66 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Claremont School of Theology Library Description: Æ (copper alloy) quadrans minted at Rome, A.D. 40-41. Pileus between S-C. JPG file (62 KB)