Saint Peter. Engraving by G.B. Göz and J. and J. Klauber.

The engraving includes many attributes and emblems related to Saint Peter

A fisherman on the lake of Genezareth in Galilee, Saint Peter was, with his brother Andrew, the first of the Apostles. His name was Simon; he was renamed Peter (Kephas in Aramaic, Petros in Greek) by Jesus to indicate that he would be the cornerstone (petra) of the Church. Often depicted with one or two keys, representing his role as gatekeeper of heaven. In the Middle Ages he was invoked against fevers, bouts of madness and snake-bite. Because Peter had put to flight the dogs sent against him by Simon the Magus (in the apocryphal Acts of Peter), hot keys called "the key of St. Peter" (clef de Saint Pierre) were applied to dogs and ther owners to protect them from rabies

A.V. [Augsburg] : Göz et Klauber cath. sc. et exc

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Credo in unum Deum patrem omnipotentem creatorem coeli et terrae. ... Ipsique lapides duodecim sculpti erant. Exod. 39. Ipse dixit, et facta sunt; ipse mandavit, et creata sunt. Ps. 32. Duodecim autem apostolorum nomina sunt haec: primus Simon qui dicitur Petrus. Matth. 10. Göz et Klauber cath. sc. et exc A.V. Cum pr. Sac. Caes. Maj.

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