Ivory scupture of the martyrdom of Saint Killian by beheading on the jeweled front cover of a codex of gospels from 950-1050 and 1480-1500. Lithograph by Joh. Klipphahn. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's "Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century," Frankfurt, 1879. Hefner-Alteneck (1811 - 1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher.

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