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![[Design drawing for stained glass window showing St. Andrew with St. Andrew's Cross on mid grid for Parish Hall, Church of St. Andrew]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTcvMDEvMDEvZGVzaWduLWRyYXdpbmctZm9yLXN0YWluZWQtZ2xhc3Mtd2luZG93LXNob3dpbmctc3QtYW5kcmV3LXdpdGgtc3QtYW5kcmV3cy1jcm9zcy02NDAuanBn/40/64/webp "[Design drawing for stained glass window showing St. Andrew with St. Andrew's Cross on mid grid for Parish Hall, Church of St. Andrew]")
![[Design drawing for stained glass window showing St. Andrew with St. Andrew's Cross on mid grid for Parish Hall, Church of St. Andrew]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTcvMDEvMDEvZGVzaWduLWRyYXdpbmctZm9yLXN0YWluZWQtZ2xhc3Mtd2luZG93LXNob3dpbmctc3QtYW5kcmV3LXdpdGgtc3QtYW5kcmV3cy1jcm9zcy0xLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/63/webp "[Design drawing for stained glass window showing St. Andrew with St. Andrew's Cross on mid grid for Parish Hall, Church of St. Andrew]")
St. Andrew standing in profile view and grasping a monumental cross, chiaroscuro woodcut in green and brown, from a series of twelve apostles after Parmigianino
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According to tradition, St. Andrew was crucified on an X-shaped cross, known as a Saint Andrew's Cross. This distinctive form of crucifixion is said to have been chosen as a reflection of St. Andrew's humility, as he felt unworthy to be crucified in the same manner as Jesus Christ. The image of St. Andrew holding the X-shaped cross has been a popular subject in Christian art and is a symbol of the saint's martyrdom. St. Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland and is revered by the Roman Catholic, Orthodox, and Anglican Churches.
Printmaking in woodcut and engraving came to Northern Italy within a few decades of their invention north of the Alps. Engraving probably came first to Florence in the 1440s, the goldsmith Maso Finiguerra (1426–64) used the technique. Italian engraving caught the very early Renaissance, 1460–1490. Print copying was a widely accepted practice, as well as copying of paintings viewed as images in their own right.
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