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  • The Christ Child as a professor sitting at a desk in the believer's heart, lecturing to angels. Engraving by A. Wierix, ca. 1600.
  • The Christ Child knocks at the door of the believer's heart. Engraving by A. Wierix, ca. 1600.
  • The Christ Child, in the believer's heart, beats the time from a songbook while angels accompany him with musical instruments. Engraving by A. Wierix, ca. 1600.
  • The Christ Child setting alight the believer's heart with the fire of his wounds. Engraving by A. Wierix, ca. 1600.
  • The Christ Child strews a bed of roses for himself inside the believer's heart which is surrounded by roses and venerated by angels. Engraving by A. Wierix, ca. 1600.
  • The Christ Child brings light into a heart discovering snakes and other animals. Engraving by A. Wierix, ca. 1600.
  • The Christ Child playing the harp in the believer's heart, which is surrounded by angels. Engraving by A. Wierix, ca. 1600.
  • The Christ Child sleeps as a bridegroom in the believer's heart, making it safe as a bride from wind and storm raging outside. Engraving by A. Wierix, ca. 1600.
  • The Christ Child cleans the believer's heart with a hand-held mop, assisted and venerated by angels. Engraving by A. Wierix, ca. 1600.
  • The Christ Child preserves the believer's heart from a snare in which the devil tries to trap it, and from worldly blandishments. Engraving by A. Wierix, ca. 1600.
  • The Christ Child sweeping a brood of reptilian monsters out of the believer's heart with a broom. Engraving by A. Wierix, ca. 1600.
  • The Christ Child preserves the believer's heart from a snare in which the devil tries to trap it, and from worldly blandishments. Engraving by A. Wierix, ca. 1600.
  • The Christ Child cleans the believer's heart with a hand-held mop, assisted and venerated by angels. Engraving by A. Wierix, ca. 1600.
  • The Christ Child sleeps as a bridegroom in the believer's heart, making it safe as a bride from wind and storm raging outside. Engraving by A. Wierix, ca. 1600.
  • The Christ Child sweeping a brood of reptilian monsters out of the believer's heart with a broom. Engraving by A. Wierix, ca. 1600.
  • The Blessed (subsequently Saint) Francisco Geronimo y Gravina. Engraving by F. Gordillo, 1807, with letterpress.
  • Saints protecting the city of Bologna intercede with the Virgin to save the city from the plague. Etching by F. Torre after G. Reni.
  • The Christ Child deposits the Instruments of the Passion inside the believer's heart. Engraving by A. Wierix, ca. 1600.
  • The Christ Child as Fountain of Life stands in the heart of the believer, with blood streaming from his hands and feet and being collected by angels. Engraving by A. Wierix, ca. 1600.
  • The Christ Child as Fountain of Life stands in the heart of the believer, with blood streaming from his hands and feet and being collected by angels. Engraving by A. Wierix, ca. 1600.
  • The execution of Father Garnet by hanging. Wood engraving.
  • De historia plantarum / [Theophrastus].
  • De historia plantarum / [Theophrastus].
  • Taiping kung, near Kiukiang, Kiangsi province: a ruined religious building, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1872.
  • Taiping kung, near Kiukiang, Kiangsi province: a ruined religious building, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1872.
  • Macao, China: the ruins of St Paul's church. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870.
  • Macao, China: the ruins of St Paul's church. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870.
  • A crowd watching a troupe of quack-doctors on a stage outside an inn. Oil painting by a Flemish painter, ca. 1640(?).
  • A crowd watching a troupe of quack-doctors on a stage outside an inn. Oil painting by a Flemish painter, ca. 1640(?).
  • A crowd watching a troupe of quack-doctors on a stage outside an inn. Oil painting by a Flemish painter, ca. 1640(?).