Ecclesiae anglicanae trophæa, siue, Sanctor̄ martyrum, qui pro Christo catholicæq̀ fidei veritate asserenda
Subtitle: antiquo recentioriq̀ persecutionum tempore, mortem in Anglia subierunt, passiones, Romæ in Collegio Anglico
By: per Nicolaum Circinianum depictæ ;  nuper autem per Io. Bap. de Cauallerijs æneis typis repræsentatæ
Contributors: Pomarancio, approximately 1520-approximately 1596; Cavalieri, Giovanni Battista, ca. 1525-1601; Cavalieri, Giovanni Battista, ca. 1525-1601
Publisher: Ioannes Orlandi formis Romae
Published: 1602
Place of publication: Rome]
Language: lat
Number of pages: 36
Subjects: Christian martyrs; Christian martyrs in art; S. Tommaso di Canterbury (Church : Rome, Italy); Mural painting and decoration
Other titles: Ecclesiae anglicanae trophaea.; Sanctorum martyrum qui pro Christo Catholicaeq̀ fidei veritate asserenda ...
Notes: Engraved t. p. with ornamental border included in plate count.

At head of title: Sancti per fidem vicervnt regna.

Cavalieri has engraved reproductions of Circignano's frecoes in the church of St. Thomas of Canterbury of the English College in Rome.

Originally published Romae: Ex officina Bartholomaei Grassi, 1584. Only the imprint has been replaced, no other changes in the work.

Mortimer, R. Italian 16th cent., 125, 118

Adams C2037

Cicognara I, 2008

Library's copy has 4 numbered leaves of plates, of which no. 2 has line: Ioann Orlandi formis romae, 1602, from: Descriptiones qvaedam illivs inhvmanae et mvltiplicis persecvtionis. quam in Anglia propter fidem sustinent Catholicè Christiani. [Romae. Apud Franciscum Zannettum. 1584] [2] p. & 4, [1] leaves of plates. This title taken from the 2 p. of letterpress (Cf. Yale NUC) whereas some bibliographies use the caption title from the unnumbered leaf of plates: Crvdelitas in Catholicis mactadis / Ioa. Baptista de Cauallerijs incidebat. Romae, Anno Domini 1584. Adams reports: "ff. [10]. of which all except the first are engraved on one side only." Each of the 4 plates here has a caption title and engraved descriptive text.