þrowend-hād

þrowend-hād, m.n: martyrdom. (THRO-wend-HAWD / ˈθrɔ-wɛnd-ˌhaːd)

Medieval manuscript image of two haloed men whose heads have been sliced open across the forehead, with blood dripping down; they both hold the tops of their own bloody tonsured skulls in their hands.
Saint Denis and Saint Piatus in Livre d’images de madame Marie; France (Paris), c. 1280-1290; Bibliothèque nationale de France, Nouvelle acquisition française 16251, f. 84v. [portail.biblissima.fr]

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