The woodcut on the title page of Dye histori depicts the martyrdom of Heinrich Voes and Johann van Esschen (1523). The image shows the two Augustinian monks tied to stakes amidst flames, symbolizing their execution by fire
Year: 1523
From: Dye histori so zwen Augustiner Ordens gemartert seyn tzu Bruxel in Probant von wegen des Evangeli
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Edited by: Chiara Petrolini
Related Documents:
The martyrdom of Jan van Essen and Hendrik Voes (1563)
from: Foxe’s Book of Martyrs
Dye histori so zwen Augustiner Ordens gemartert seyn tzu Bruxel in Probant von wegen des Evangeli
Erfurt: Wolfgang Stürmer, 1523.
(1651)
from: Samuel Clarke, A Generall Martyrologie (London, 1651)
Sui martirologi protestanti del XVI secolo: appunti ed interrogativi per una ricerca
in: Europa Sacra, v. (2002), issue : pp.321-351.
