De Christianis apud Iaponios Triumphis, siue, De grauissima ibidem contra Christi fidem persecutione exorta anno MDCXII usq[ue] ad annum MDCXX. libri quinq[ue] : in annos totidem summa cum fide ex annuis Societatis Iesu litteris continua historiae serie distributi

Trigault, Nicolas, 1577-1628 author · 1623 · Monachii : [Raphael Sadeler] · 20 pictures

A Latin account published in Munich in 1623 by Nicolas Trigault, compiled from Jesuit letters and written for a Catholic readership, recording the martyrdoms of Christians in Japan between 1612 and 1620. The engraved plates are small framed scenes with Latin captions, showing executions by beheading, dismemberment and crucifixion-style hanging, drawn in fine, dense line with crowds and tools set against plain outdoor ground, a model for crowded, narrative print composition.

Jesuits -- Missions -- Japan -- Early works to 1800 · Jesuits · Martyrs -- Japan -- Early works to 1800 · Martyrs · Missions · Japan

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