Caption:
The martyrdom of Saint Laurence, 258. Laurence is roasted naked on a gridiron in front of the Prefect of Rome. Men pump bellows to fan the flames, and others poke and prod him. Depicted in French costume of the 14th century. Le martyre de Saint Laurent. From a missal made for Denis du Moulin, Bishop of Paris, MS 182, Bibliotheque de l'Arsenal. France XIVe Siecle. Chromolithograph by Moulin after an illustration by Claudius Joseph Ciappori from Charles Louandres Les Arts Somptuaires, The Sumptuary Arts, Hangard-Mauge, Paris, 1858.