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Martyrs Mirror Images
This is intended as a reference set of the Jan Luiken (1649-1712) etchings in the Martyrs Mirror. These aren't intended to be high enough quality for print or other reproduction. The idea is to make it easier to find particular images and get an overview of the set.
These were scanned directly out of a copy of the 1685 edition. You'll find some skewing of the images from vertical alignment, because in the book itself they weren't necessarily perfectly aligned. There is also quite a bit of bleed-through from the opposite side of the page in some cases.
There has been some discrepancy in counting the number of illustrations in the 1685 edition. The Mennonite Encyclopedia article "Martyrs' Mirror" (vol. 3, pp. 527-529, by Nanne van der Zijpp and Harold S. Bender) refers to 103 illustrations (p. 528), 49 in part 1 and 54 in part 2, but later on the same page refers to 105 illustrations. Several other studies (Gerald C. Studer, "A History of the Martyrs' Mirror," Mennonite Quarterly Review 22 (July 1948): 170; John S. Oyer and Robert S. Kreider, Mirror of the Martyrs (Intercourse, PA: Good Books, 1990), 7; Jan Gleysteen, The Drama of the Martyrs (Lancaster, PA: Mennonite Historical Associates, 1975), 22) cite the correct number: 104 (49 in part 1, 55 in part 2).
Gleysteen's book, however, which reproduces the etchings, actually includes 115 illustrations. Although he does not make it entirely clear, the extra 11 illustrations come from an edition apparently published in 1698 containing only the etchings--the original 104 plus an additional 11 by Luiken which have been called "of lesser quality" (Oyer-Kreider, p. 91 note 4): Theater des martyrs = Schau-Buhne der Martyrer: depuis la mort J. Christ jusqú à present: représenté en tres belles tailles-douces (Leyde: Pierre vander Aa, 1698-1738?). (#8410 in the Nelson Springer Mennonite Bibliography). This volume seems to have gotten little consideration in previous studies of the Martyrs' Mirror. See, however, James W. Lowry, "Martyrs' Mirror Picture Albums and Abridgements: A Surprising Find," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 25:4 (October 2002): 2-8.
This web page includes only the etchings from the 1685 edition. The size of the originals in that edition is about 14 x 11 cm or 5.5 x 4.5 inches.
The definitive catalog of Luiken's work is P. van Eeghen, Het Werk van Jan en Casper Luyken (Amsterdam: Frederik Muller, 1905).
The brief captions listed here come from several sources: the original 1685 edition, Gleysteen's Drama (which draws its captions from the 1698 version), and Eeghen. These sources do not always agree.
According to Oyer and Kreider, 30 of the original plates have survived, 23 owned by the Martyrs Mirror Trust and the other 7 in private hands. Which 30 of the images are found on the surviving plates is not known to me.
Dirk Willems is book 2, page 387, Eeghen 736.
Here is an online searchable complete text of the English version of the Martyrs Mirror.
See also the Kauffman Museum's Mirror of the Martyrs exhibit web site.
Frontispiece
Title pageBook 1
Book 1, page 1: Christ
being nailed to the cross (Eeghen 655)
Book 1, page 5: John the
Baptist beheaded, AD 23 (Eeghen 656)
Book 1, page 6: Stoning
of Stephen, AD 34 (Eeghen 657)
Book 1, page 7: Apostle
James beheaded, AD 45 (Eeghen 658)
Book 1, page 8: Stoning
of apostle Philip, Hierapolis, Phrygia, AD 54 (Eeghen 659)
Book 1, page 9: Martyrdom
of apostle James the Lesser, Jerusalem, AD 63 (Eeghen 660)
Book 1, page 11: Burning
of Barnabas at Salamanca, Cyprus, AD 64 (Eeghen 661)
Book 1, page 13: Death of
Mark the evangelist, Alexandria, AD 64 (Eeghen 662)
Book 1, page 16: Crucifixion
of apostle Peter, Rome, AD 69 (Eeghen 663)
Book 1, page 19: Apostle
Paul beheaded, Rome, AD 69 (Eeghen 664)
Book 1, page 25: Crucifixion
of apostle Andrew, Patras in Achaia, ca. AD 70 (Eeghen 665)
Book 1, page 26: Apostle
Bartholomew skinned alive and beheaded, Armenia, AD 70 (Eeghen 666)
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Book 1, page 27
(page is printed as "23" in the original): Apostle Thomas martyred, Calamina, AD 70 (Eeghen 667).jpg)
Book 1, page 28 (page is printed
as "24" in the original): Evangelist Matthew beheaded, Naddavar, Ethiopia, AD 70 (Eeghen 668) 
Book 1, page 30: Crucifixion
of Simon the Zealot, Syria, AD 70 (Eeghen 669)
Book 1, page 31: Crucifixion
of apostle Matthew, AD 70 (Eeghen 670)
Book 1, page 32: Hanging of
evangelist Luke, Greece, AD 93 (Eeghen 671)
Book 1, page 34: Antipas
roasted alive in a copper steer, AD 95 (interesting that the caption in the original is wrong here) (Eeghen 672) 
Book 1, page 35: Evangelist
John exiled on Patmos, AD 97 (Eeghen 673)
Book 1, page 37: Vitalus
buried alive, Ravenna, ca. AD 99 (Eeghen 674)
Book 1, page 48: Ignatius
thrown to the lions, Rome, AD 111 (Eeghen 675)
Book 1, page 50: Phocus
thrown into a lime kiln filled with boiling water, Pontus, AD 118 (Eeghen 676) 
Book 1, page 55: Felicitas
killed with her 7 sons, Rome, AD 104 (Eeghen 677)
Book 1, page 57: Burning of
Polycarp, Smyrna, AD 168 (Eeghen 678)
Book 1, page 61: Blandine
half-roasted on a grill and then thrown to wild bulls, AD 172 (Eeghen 679)
Book 1, page 74: Martyrdom of Felicitas
of Tuburbia in Mauretania, AD 201 (Eeghen 680)
Book 1, page 79: Burning of
thousands of Christians by emperor Maximus, AD 237 (Eeghen 681)
Book 1, page 81: Martyrdom
of Cointha, Alexandria, AD 252 (Eeghen 682)
Book 1, page 88: Torture of
Origen, Alexandria, AD 234 (Eeghen 683)
Book 1, page 102: Torture of
Tharacus, Probus, and Adronicus, Tarsus, AD 290 (Eeghen 684)
Book 1, page 107: Tharacus,
Probus, and Adronicus thrown to wild animals, AD 290 (Eeghen 685)
Book 1, page 120: Persecution
by emperors Diocletian and Maximus, AD 301 (Eeghen 686)
Book 1, page 125: Cassianus,
a teacher, killed by his students, Imola, AD 302 [seemingly a favorite of college professors;
Bethel has a 'Cassianus Lounge' in the faculty offices area] (Eeghen 687) 
Book 1, page 127: Eulalia
suffocated and burned, Villa Nova, Portugal, AD 302 (Eeghen 688)
Book 1, page 132: Jullieta
killed along with her daughter, Tarsus, AD 304 (Eeghen 689)
Book 1, page 169: Honoric,
king of the Vandals, eaten by worms and lice, AD 477 (Eeghen 690)
Book 1, page 188: Martyrdom
of Lombardian Christians, AD 566 (Eeghen 691)
Book 1, page 215: Burning
of Clement the Scotchman, AD 756 (Eeghen 692)
Book 1, page 233: Johannes,
merchant of Cordoba, being taken to execution, AD 850 (Eeghen 693)
Book 1, page 252: 13-year-old
Pelagius martyred, Cordoba, Spain, AD 925 (Eeghen 694)
Book 1, page 270: Burning
of 14 persons, Orleans, France, 1022 (Eeghen 695)
Book 1, page 284: Burning
of Arnoldus, teacher from Brixen, Rome, 1145 (Eeghen 696)
Book 1, page 291: Burning
of many Christians called Publicans, France and England, 1182 (Eeghen 697)
Book 1, page 329: Burning
of 180 Albigensians, 1210 (Eeghen 698)
Book 1, page 335: Torture
of Waldensians, forcing them to hold a red hot iron bar, 1214 (Eeghen 699)
Book 1, page 339: Burning
of about 80 Waldensians, Strasbourg, 1215 (Eeghen 700)
Book 1, page 347: Burning
of 224 Waldensians, Toulon, 1243 (Eeghen 701)
Book 1, page 358:
Burning of Dulcin and his wife, Novarra, 1308 (Eeghen 702)
Book 1, page 381:
Burning of William White, a priest, Norwich, England, 1428 (Eeghen 703)
Book 2
Book 2, page 1: Martyrdom
of Hans Koch and Leonard Meister, Augsburg, 1524 (Eeghen 704)
Book 2, page 10: Burning
of Leonard Kayser, Scharding, 1527 (Eeghen 705)
Book 2, page 17: Burning
of 18 persons, Salzburg, 1528 (Eeghen 706)
Book 2, page 25: Beheading
of 7 brothers, Schwäbisch-Gmund, 1529 (Eeghen 707)
Book 2, page 30: Execution
of about 350 persons, Alzey, 1529 (Eeghen 708)
Book 2, page 47: Persecution
in Austria, 1540 (Eeghen 709)
Book 2, page 63: Burning
of Leonard Bernkop, Salzburg, 1542 (Eeghen 710)
Book 2, page 65: Burning
of Maria and Ursula van Beckum, Deventer, 1544 (Eeghen 711)
Book 2, page 83: Burning
of 6 brothers and 2 sisters, Amsterdam, 1549 (Eeghen 712)
Book 2, page 89: Capture
of Hans van Overdam, Ghent, 1550 (Eeghen 713)
Book 2, page 99: Burning
of John Knel, London, 1550 (Eeghen 714)
Book 2, page 103: Execution
of two young women, bishopric of Bamberg, 1550 (Eeghen 715)
Book 2, page 131: Drowning
of Maria von Monjou, 1552 (Eeghen 716)
Book 2, page 143: Drowning
of Anneken Jans, Rotterdam, 1539 (Eeghen 717)
Book 2, page 149: Defiance
of Simon de Kramer, Bergen op Zoom, 1553 (Eeghen 718)
Book 2, page 161: Burning
of David and Levina, Ghent, 1554 (Eeghen 719)
Book 2, page 165: Capture of
Augustijn, a baker, Beverwijk, 1556 (Eeghen 720)
Book 2, page 173: Capture
of Gerard Hasepoot, Nijmegen, 1556 (Eeghen 721)
Book 2, page 179: Burning
of Jurriaen Simonsz, Clement Dircks, and Marie Joris, Haarlem, 1557 (Eeghen 722)
Book 2, page 189: Burning
of Algerius, student from Padua, Rome, 1557 (Eeghen 723)
Book 2, page 203: Drowning
of Joris Wippe, Dordrecht, 1558 (Eeghen 724)
Book 2, page 209: Capture
of Hans Smit, Hendrik Adamsz, Hans Bek, Matthijs Smit, Dileman Snijder,
and 7 others, Aachen, 1558 (Eeghen 725)
Book 2, page 235: Martyrdom
of Jacques d'Auchy, Leeuwarden, 1559 (Eeghen 726)
Book 2, page 259: Burning
of Jan Bosch, Maastrict, 1559 (Eeghen 727)
Book 2, page 263: Martyrdom
of Andries Langedul, Mattheus Pottebacker, and Laurens van der Leyen, Antwerp, 1559 (Eeghen 728)
Book 2, page 271: Drowning
of Leonard Pluvier, Jannetje, and Marietje van Aken, Antwerp, 1560 (Eeghen 729)
Book 2, page 283: Torture
of Joost Joosten, Veere, Zeeland, 1560 (Eeghen 730)
Book 2, page 295: Burning
of Hendrik Eemkens, Utrecht, 1562 (Eeghen 731)
Book 2, page 327: Beheading
of Matthijs Servaes, Cologne, 1565 (Eeghen 732)
Book 2, page 345: Burning
of Christiaen Langedul, Cornelis Claesz, Mattheus de Vik, and Hans Symonsz, Antwerp, 1567 (Eeghen 733)
Book 2, page 371: Burning
of Jakob Dircks and sons, Antwerp, 1568 (Eeghen 734)
Book 2, page 385: Anabaptist
meeting on a boat. Pieter Pieters Bekjen, ferryman, burned in Amsterdam, 1569 (Eeghen 735)
Book 2, page 387: The famous
Dirk Willems rescuing his pursuer, Asperen, 1569 (Eeghen 736)
Book 2, page 425: Jacob the
candle maker disputing with Brother Cornelis. Jacob was later burned. 1569 (Eeghen 737)
Book 2, page 491: Burning of
Willem Hans van Durgerdam, Amsterdam, 1569 (Eeghen 738)
Book 2, page 503: Torture
of teacher Ursula, Maastricht, 1570 (Eeghen 739)
Book 2, page 528: Capture
of Hans van den Wegen, Ghent, 1570 (Eeghen 740)
Book 2, page 539: Burning
of Anneken Hendriks, Amsterdam, 1571 (Eeghen 741)
Book 2, page 540: Decapitation
of Wolfgang Binder, Scharding, Bavaria, 1571 (Eeghen 742)
Book 2, page 553: Execution
of Harmen de Verwer and 5 others, Deventer, 1571 (Eeghen 743)
Book 2, page 561: Decapitation
of Hans Misel, Warthausen, 1571 (Eeghen 744)
Book 2, page 567: Execution of
Jan Woutersz van Kuyk and Adriaentje Jans of Molenaarsgraaf, Dordrecht, 1572 (Eeghen 745)
Book 2, page 605: Torture
of Geleijn Cornelus, Breda, 1572 (Eeghen 746)
Book 2, page 623: Interrogation
of Hans Knevel, Antwerp, 1572 (Eeghen 747)
Book 2, page 641: Jan Smit
suspended from the gallows, Haarlem, 1572 (Eeghen 748)
Book 2, page 661: Sons of
Maeyken Wens search for her tongue screw among her ashes, Antwerp, 1573 (Eeghen 749).jpg)
Book 2, page 675 (erroneously
numbered 659 in the original): Burning of Anton Ijsbaerts, Tielt, Flanders, 1573 (Eeghen 750)
Book 2, page 691: Burning
of Hendrik Pruyt, Workum, 1574 (Eeghen 751)
Book 2, page 729: Torture
of John Bret, an Englishman, Antwerp, 1576 (Eeghen 752)
Book 2, page 747: Burning
of Louwerens Jansz Nooddurft of Delft, Antwerp, 1577 (Eeghen 753)
Book 2, page 750: Drowning
of Heinrich Summer and Jakob Mandel, Baden, 1582 (Eeghen 754)
Book 2, page 779: Imprisonment
of Jacob Platser, 1591 (Eeghen 755; the description in Eeghen is very different: "George Wanger in the prison in Brixen")
Book 2, page 788: Drowning of Mattheus Mair, Wier, 1592 (Eeghen 756)
Book 2, page 793: Burial alive of Anneke van den Hove, Brussells, 1597 (Eeghen 757)
Book 2, page 812: Persecution in Switzerland, 1637 (Eeghen 758)
Book 2, end
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