Oxford Martyrs
1555-56

Reference Number:- Darby Number:- Godden Number:-
su 12 listed but not numbered 713
 
large silk ribbon
the image of this silk kindly donated by
Georg Hartong, The Netherlands
 
Words:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Abp Cranmer

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

THE NOBLE ARMY OF
MARTYRS PRAISE THEE

 
 
 
 
Bp Ridley
 
Bp Latimer
WHOSOEVER WILL LOSE
HIS LIFE FOR MY SAKE
SHALL FIND IT --
AND I WILL RAISE HIM UP
AT THE LAST DAY
 
THESE ARE THEY WHICH CAME
OUT OF GREAT TRIBULATION,
AND HAVE WASHED THEIR
ROBES, AND MADE THEM WHITE
IN THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB.
 
 
 
 
T. STEVENS. MANUFACTURER COVENTRY
W & L
 
TO THE MEMORY OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS
PRELATES WHO SUFFERED
MARTYRDOM IN THE CITY OF OXFORD
IN 1555-56.
BE OF GOOD COMFORT, MASTER RIDLEY, AND PLAY THE MAN. WE SHALL THIS DAY LIGHT
SUCH A CANDLE, BY GOD'S GRACE, IN ENGLAND, AS I TRUST SHALL NEVER BE PUT OUT
                                                                                       "LATIMER"
Size:

silk:
26.0cm high by 9.8cm wide

Comments:
by Austin Sprake:

 

by Geoffrey Godden:
Godden mentions the large silks in the text, although he does not include them in his detailed listing. 

 

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