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  • Contents of a Breverl, showing the emblems of various Saints.
  • A salesman in Rome with a snake selling amulets as antidotes or prophylactics against snake-bite to a crowd of people. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1821.
  • A postcard illustrating a variety of good luck charms. Chromolithograph.
  • St. Benedict's penny. On one side a representation of the Saint.
  • Medical talisman, to ward off plague (Chinese C19 woodcut)
  • Eleven scenes of witchcraft. Woodcut, 1720.
  • Nail figure used to fix oaths and heal the sick
  • A postcard wishing good luck illustrated by various lucky charms. Chromolithograph.
  • Medical talisman for menstrual problems (Chinese MS)
  • Medical talisman against miscarriage (Chinese MS)
  • Witches putting a creature in a boiling cauldron. Lithograph after Biard.
  • Medical talisman for irregular menstruation (Chinese MS)
  • Human figure, with hands and feet shackled, its body incorporating a mandala (?). Ink drawing, Tibet, 1850/1910?.
  • An ornate lucky charm in the form of a hand. Chromolithograph.
  • A postcard a lucky charm which is illustrated by a hunchback. Chromolithograph.
  • Two prayers to the three magi for protection from disease; with pictures of the adoration of the magi and the magi with the holy family in heaven. Engraving on red silk.
  • Medical talisman for menstrual flooding (Chinese MS)
  • Medical talisman for complicated labour (Chinese MS)
  • Three mother-goddesses or fates (above); three mandrake charms (below). Engraving.
  • A salesman in Rome with a snake selling amulets as antidotes or prophylactics against snake-bite to a crowd of people. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1821.
  • Page of Gothic text from a 15th century Leech-Book
  • A soldier sending good luck and wishes to his sweetheart through good luck charms. Chromolithograph after E.M.
  • Nail figure used to fix oaths and heal the sick
  • An Indian drummer used as a good luck charm by soldiers during the First World War.
  • Human figure, with hands and feet shackled, its body incorporating a mandala (?). Ink drawing, Tibet, 1850/1910?.
  • Scheyrer cross, a double cross with lettering.
  • A black cat used as a good luck charm by soldiers during the First World War.
  • Page of Gothic text from a 15th century Leech-Book
  • A bird. Distemper painting, 1905.
  • Nail figure used to fix oaths and heal the sick