An interesting related iconic device is encountered in a number of paintings in which the martyr-saint is not only bound to a tree or stake, but stands upon a flat rock or a slightly elevated piece of soil that appears to have been thrust upward resembling a miniature dais or platform. It serves as a low elevation upon which the martyr-saint stands--e.g., Giovanni Bellini (1460-1464) (See: Figure 28), Jacometto Veneziano (a. 1470) (See: Figure 133), Andrea Mantegna (1480) (See: Figure 6), Bartolomeo Vivarini (1491) (See: Figure 184), Albrecht Durer (1500) (See: Figure 178), and Liebrale de Verone (b. 1527) (See: Figure 185) among others. The rock or soil appears to be elevated approximately six to eight inches high. It may be viewed as a plinth or a platform and a variation of the above--i.e., those paintings in which the martyr-saint is elevated high on the tree--and this raised element serves to set the martyr saint above his surroundings both physically and spiritually.