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  • The Roman Catholic sacraments: baptism. Etching after B. Picart.
  • The sacrament of the Roman Catholic church; ordination. Etching after B. Picart.
  • The sacrament of the Roman Catholic church: confirmation. Etching after B. Picart.
  • The sacrament of the Roman Catholic church: holy communion. Etching after B. Picart.
  • The sacrament of the Roman Catholic church; confession (penance). Etching after B. Picart.
  • The sacrament of the Roman Catholic church: confession (penance). Etching by B. Picart.
  • The last sacrament of Saint Jerome. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, 1830, after Annibale Carracci.
  • An apparition of the holy sacrament in a monstrance carried by Seraphim. Engraving by Estruch.
  • The sacrament of the Roman Catholic church: burial of the dead. Etching after B. Picart.
  • A priest administering the sacrament of extreme unction to a dying woman. Wood engraving by N. Knilling.
  • Saint Michael of Sanctis: he experiences ecstasy before the sacrament of the Eucharist. Engraving by J. Bossi after himself.
  • A man kneeling before an altar and receiving the sacrament from a priest. Drawing attributed to Pieter de Jode I.
  • Boer War: a chaplain administering the Sacrament to a dying soldier on a battlefield. Halftone, c. 1900, after F. J. Waugh.
  • The Holy Ampulla (Sainte Ampoule) at Reims, used for anointing the kings of France before the French Revolution. Etching, 1793.
  • The Holy Ampulla (Sainte Ampoule) at Reims, used for anointing the kings of France before the French Revolution. Etching, 1793.
  • A corpse is dressed in grave clothes and layed out for mourners to visit. Etching with engraving.
  • The altar of the Royal Archconfraternity of the Forty Hours: the Host in glory above the altar, surmounted by a baldachin. Engraving by P. Hortigosa after J. Abrial.
  • A Christian-Roman soldier is administered extreme unction by a priest. Etching by Beyer after N. Poussin.
  • Instruments and sacred objects to perform a Jewish circumcision ceremony. Engraving, 1741, after B. Picart, 1725.
  • Instruments and sacred objects to perform a Jewish circumcision ceremony. Engraving, 1741, after B. Picart, 1725.
  • A Christian Roman soldier receiving the Extreme Unction. Engraving by B. Audran I after N. Poussin, 1644-48.
  • A believer who carries many crosses, expresses his devotion for the Eucharist, before a little door in the Sacred Heart of Christ. Etching.
  • Saint Jerome. Stipple engraving by R. Duppa, 1802, after Raphael.
  • A dying man receiving extreme unction from a priest while surrounded by servants and his grieving family. Etching by A. Baratti after A. Novelli after B. Picart.
  • The relic of the Benedictine monastery of Andechs; a host consacrated by Gregory the Great appears above the monastery, sheds its blessing on female representations of four cCatholic German states and sends flashes of lightning against Hunger, Plague and War; on the sides, Pope Gregory the Great (with beard) and an unidentified Pope saint. Engraving by J. and J. Klauber.
  • Attributes of Pañjaranātha, the tent protector, in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Attributes of Pañjaranātha, the tent protector, in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Attributes of Beg-tse in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Attributes of Beg-tse in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Attributes of Beg-tse in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.