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The Martyrdom of Saint Andrew; Book of Hours, about 1410. Creator: Unknown.

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The Martyrdom of Saint Andrew; Book of Hours, about 1410. Andrew is said to have been bound, not nailed, to a Latin cross of the kind on which Jesus was believed to have been crucified. However a tradition developed that Andrew had been crucified on a cross of the form called crux decussata (X-shaped cross, or "saltire"), now commonly known as a "Saint Andrew's Cross" -supposedly at his own request, as he deemed himself unworthy to be crucified on the same type of cross as Jesus had been.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

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HRM24A68_295

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Droits gérés

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47,5Mo (2,6Mo) / 28,3cm x 42,0cm / 3345 x 4960 (300dpi)

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