A cross with the Virgin of the Ursulines at Landshut, the wounds of Christ, and saints used against witchcraft, fire, plague, and storms. Etching.

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A cross with the Virgin of the Ursulines at Landshut, the wounds of Christ, and saints used against witchcraft, fire, plague, and storms. Etching. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The saints are Saint Peter, Saint Paul, Saint Joseph, Saint Christopher, the Archangel Gabriel(?), Saint Michael, Saint Benedict, Saint John Nepomuk, Saint Martin and Saint Scholastica

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1 print : etching, with gouache ; image and border 16.1 x 11.8 cm

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In virtute hujus signi Tau quo signati fuerunt viri filii Israel in morte epidemia. Libera nos. Deus noster amen. Iesu fili Dei. Amen. Misere mei. S. Petrus. S. Paulus. S. Joseph. S. Christo<pherus> Angelus. L. S. Michael. S. Benedictus. S. Io. Nepomuk. S. Martin. S. Scholastica. Contra maleficia contra ignem pestem et tempestas. Das wunderthetige Gedank bild d. Ursulinerin im La. The cross is inscribed with abbreviations. "La" in the lettering around the Virgin may refer to Landshut, where from 1680 the Ursuline convent preserved a copy of a Roman painting of the Virgin with her head inclined

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Wellcome Collection 11168i

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