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  • Saint Benedict. Engraving by C. Guérin after G.G. Serangeli after E. Le Sueur.
  • Horace Bénédict de Saussure. Stipple engraving by A. Tardieu after J. P. Saint-Ours.
  • Horace Bénédict de Saussure. Line engraving by C.S. Pradier after J.P. Saint-Ours.
  • Horace Bénédict de Saussure. Line engraving by C.S. Pradier after J.P. Saint-Ours.
  • Horace Bénédict de Saussure. Etching with watercolour wash en grisaille after J. P. Saint-Ours.
  • The death of Saint Benedict. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after D.M. Canuti.
  • Saint John the Baptist and Saint Benedict. Chromolithograph by L. Gruner after E. Kaiser after B. Montagna.
  • Saint Benedict exorcising through prayer a man possessed by demons. Etching by G.M. Giovannini after L. Carracci.
  • Five Benedictine saints: Saint Benedict, Saint Scholastica, Saint Justina, Saint Maurus, and Saint Placidus. Etching by Anna Jameson.
  • Saint Benedict: his soul ascending to heaven as a sign of his patronage of the dying. Line engraving, 17--.
  • Saint Benedict of Nursia receiving Totila, King of Ostrogoths, in Bologna. Colour etching by C.M. Metz after L. Carracci.
  • On the germination, development, and fructification of the higher Cryptogamia, and on the fructification of the Coniferae / [Wilhelm Friedrich Benedict Hofmeister].
  • A treatise of the diseases of the horny-coat of the eye, and the various kinds of cataracts. To which is prefix'd, a method ... of scarifying the eyes / [Benedict Duddell].
  • A treatise of the diseases of the horny-coat of the eye, and the various kinds of cataracts. To which is prefix'd, a method ... of scarifying the eyes / [Benedict Duddell].
  • A treatise of the diseases of the horny-coat of the eye, and the various kinds of cataracts. To which is prefix'd, a method ... of scarifying the eyes / [Benedict Duddell].
  • A soldier returns and goes first to embrace his child, his wife in the background waves to remind him of her presence also. Wood engraving by Benedict after Berthold Woltze.
  • Saint Benedict: while he lives as a hermit in a cave near Subiaco, a raven protects him from poisoned bread. Engraving by T. van Merlen.
  • Saint Benedict of Nursia: he frees a priest who had been possessed by devils. Engraving by G. Fabbri, 1776, after D. Fratta after L. Carracci.
  • Saint Benedict threatening away the devil who blocks a stone for the building of the monastery of Montecassino. Etching by F. Rosapina after L. Carracci.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) in glory with Saint Gregory and Saint Benedict. Chromolithograph by C. Schultz, 1880, after Fattorini after B. Betti, il Pintoricchio.
  • St Benedict removing a bladder-stone from Emperor St Henry II during his sleep and placing it in his hand; to right, a doctor, sleeping.
  • The sources of English monastic life in the rule of Saint Benedict, and those who have embraced the rule: family tree. Etching by W. Hollar, 1655.
  • The Virgin Mary and Christ child, Saint Paul, Saint Mary Magdalene, Saint Benedict and Saint Joseph. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after B. Ramenghi, il Bagnacavallo.
  • Saint Benedict: a poor peasant, enslaved by Zalla, a Goth brigand, is brought before the saint, who frees him from his restraints. Engraving by G. Giovannini after L. Garbieri.
  • William of Aquitaine, a retiring warrior, receives a monk's habit from the abbot Benedict of Aniane. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino, 1620.
  • Saint Michael stands upon the defeated devil; Saint Peter and Saint Benedict flank him; above the Virgin and child sit among angelic musicians. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after I. Francucci da Imola.
  • The coronation of the Virgin with four saints: Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Saint John the Evangelist, Saint John the Baptist and Saint Benedict or Saint Romuald. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G. Reni.
  • A rosary, a medallion of St Benedict, a charm said to cause loss of eyesight, and hands showing lines and features to be interpreted by palmistry (including lines forecasting violent death); all illustrating 'superstition'. Engraving.
  • Saint Benedict of Nursia: after he has assured the monks of his monastery that God would not let them starve, several sacks of corn appear, which porters carry into the monastery. Line engraving by G. Giovannini after L. Massari.
  • Saint Benedict of Nursia: while he lives as a hermit in a cave near Subiaco, a raven protects him from poisoned bread (represented by a snake emerging from a loaf). Engraving by J. Frey after G. Anziani after Carlo Cignani.