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A group of men sitting cross-legged with thermometers in their mouths, during the epidemic of plague in Bombay. Photograph attributed to Captain C. Moss, 1897.
Moss, C., Captain, active approximately 1897.Date: [1897?]Reference: 37882i
Part of: The Bombay plague epidemic of 1896-1897: work of the Bombay Plague Committee. Photographs attributed to Capt. C. Moss, 1897.
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Four men sitting cross-legged outside a building with bells hanging from the roof: Bombay at the time of the plague. Photograph, 1896/1897.
Date: 1896Reference: 37037i
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Saint Carlo Borromeo carrying the Holy Cross in the plague of Milan. Etching, 1781, after Carlo Cesi or Pietro Berrettini, il Cortona.
Cesi, Carlo, 1626-1686.Date: 1781Reference: 4544i
Part of: Nouvelle collection d'estampes contenant cinquante pièces en eau forte.
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Zachariah's cross. A double cross, on one side side Zacharias and his blessing, on the other St. Benedict and the lettering of the cross of St. Benedict. Protection against the plague.
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A Cross with the Virgin of Pity in the centre and Saint Sebastian and Saint Roch on its side as intercessors against plague. Etching.
Reference: 32094i
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A cross with the Trinity, the Virgin, and saints, used to protect against witchcraft, plague, fire, and storms. Etching.
Reference: 11169i
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The Holy Cross with the image of the Virgin of the Ursulines at Landshut, surrounded by saints, used for protection against witchcraft, fire, plague and storms. Etching.
Reference: 11167i
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Two huts, marked with crosses inside circles indicating the number of deaths from plague which occurred there, during the epidemic of plague in Bombay. Photograph attributed to Captain C. Moss, 1897.
Moss, C., Captain, active approximately 1897.Date: [1897?]Reference: 37916i
Part of: The Bombay plague epidemic of 1896-1897: work of the Bombay Plague Committee. Photographs attributed to Capt. C. Moss, 1897.
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Saint Carlo Borromeo, with a rope around his neck, carrying a cross through the plague-ridden streets of Milan in 1576. Engraving by J. Frey, 1749, after Pietro da Cortona.
Pietro, da Cortona, 1597-1669.Date: 1749Reference: 10127i
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The spread of plague / by James Cantlie ..., Lecturer on Applied Anatomy, Charing Cross Hospital Medical School; late of Hong Kong.
Cantlie, James, 1851-1926Date: 1897
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Hope and healing : painting in Italy in a time of plague, 1500-1800 / edited by Gauvin Alexander Bailey [and others] ; with contributions by Sheila C. Barker [and others].
Date: [2005], ©2005
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Two men and a boy sitting cross-legged on the ground surrounded by leaves; their faces are painted white and one of them appears to be smoking a pipe: Bombay at the time of the plague. Photograph, 1896/1897.
Date: 1896Reference: 37038i
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Saint Carlo Borromeo: with a rope around his neck, he kneels before the Cross in the plague-ridden streets of Milan in 1576. Coloured aquatint by L.A. Garneray, 1820, after Martinet.
Martinet, Achille Louis, 1806-1877.Date: 1820Reference: 4543i
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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.
Reference: 11168i
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A cross with the image of the Virgin of the Ursulines at Landshut, surrounded by saints, used to protect against witchcraft, fire, plague and storms. Etching.
Reference: 11166i
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A plague house in Bombay: the wall has been marked with circles. Photograph, 1896/1897.
Date: 1896Reference: 37005i
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The Holy Cross with Saint Sebastian, Saint Roch and Saint John Nepomuk, serving as an amulet against plagues, witchcraft etc. Coloured woodcut.
Reference: 11165i
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Loimologia: or, An historical account of the plague in London in 1665: : with precautionary directions against the like contagion. / By Nath. Hodges, M. D. and Fellow of the College of Physicians, who resided in the city all that time. To which is added, An essay on the different causes of pestilential diseases, and how they become contagious: with remarks on the infection now in France, and the most probable means to prevent its spreading here. By John Quincy, M. D.
Hodges, Nathaniel, 1629-1688.Date: 1720
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Saint Anastasius: his head as an amulet against plague and witchcraft. Line engraving, 17--.
Date: [between 1700 and 1799?]Reference: 586604i
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The Holy Cross, surrounded by Saint Sebastian, Saint Roch, and Saint John Nepomuk, and (above) the appearance of the Trinity; serving as an amulet against plagues, witchcraft etc. Coloured etching.
Reference: 11164i
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The true inquisition or The sad soules search : Wherein you may reade King Davids physicke against the plague. First preached at Newport, May 29. 1632 at the visitation in the Isle of wight. By W. Iones, B. of D. late preacher to Arreton in the Isle of Wight. Thought necessary to be republished, and read, and layd to heart, in this dangerous time of the pestilence.
Jones, William, 1581 or 1582-Date: 1636
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The mourning-cross: or, England's Lord have mercy upon us : Containing the certain causes of pestilential diseases; with an accompt of several modern plagues or visitation in times past, as well in other countries as in the city of London; as also, the number of those that then died, not onely on the plague, but of all diseases, Continued down to this present day, August 29. 1665. To which is likewise added, a necessary prayer for this present time.
Date: MDCLXV. [1665]
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The Holy Cross, serving as an amulet against plagues, witchcraft etc. Etching on silk.
Reference: 32340i
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The Holy Cross with the wounds of Christ, serving as an amulet against plagues, witchcraft etc. Woodcut.
Reference: 32325i
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The Holy Cross with the Virgin and Christ Child, serving as an amulet against plagues, witchcraft etc. Etching.
Reference: 32335i

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A group of men sitting cross-legged with thermometers in their mouths, during the epidemic of plague in Bombay. Photograph attributed to Captain C. Moss, 1897.

Four men sitting cross-legged outside a building with bells hanging from the roof: Bombay at the time of the plague. Photograph, 1896/1897.

Saint Carlo Borromeo carrying the Holy Cross in the plague of Milan. Etching, 1781, after Carlo Cesi or Pietro Berrettini, il Cortona.

Zachariah's cross. A double cross, on one side side Zacharias and his blessing, on the other St. Benedict and the lettering of the cross of St. Benedict. Protection against the plague.

A Cross with the Virgin of Pity in the centre and Saint Sebastian and Saint Roch on its side as intercessors against plague. Etching.

A cross with the Trinity, the Virgin, and saints, used to protect against witchcraft, plague, fire, and storms. Etching.

The Holy Cross with the image of the Virgin of the Ursulines at Landshut, surrounded by saints, used for protection against witchcraft, fire, plague and storms. Etching.

Two huts, marked with crosses inside circles indicating the number of deaths from plague which occurred there, during the epidemic of plague in Bombay. Photograph attributed to Captain C. Moss, 1897.

Saint Carlo Borromeo, with a rope around his neck, carrying a cross through the plague-ridden streets of Milan in 1576. Engraving by J. Frey, 1749, after Pietro da Cortona.

The spread of plague / by James Cantlie ..., Lecturer on Applied Anatomy, Charing Cross Hospital Medical School; late of Hong Kong.

Hope and healing : painting in Italy in a time of plague, 1500-1800 / edited by Gauvin Alexander Bailey [and others] ; with contributions by Sheila C. Barker [and others].

Two men and a boy sitting cross-legged on the ground surrounded by leaves; their faces are painted white and one of them appears to be smoking a pipe: Bombay at the time of the plague. Photograph, 1896/1897.

Saint Carlo Borromeo: with a rope around his neck, he kneels before the Cross in the plague-ridden streets of Milan in 1576. Coloured aquatint by L.A. Garneray, 1820, after Martinet.

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

A cross with the image of the Virgin of the Ursulines at Landshut, surrounded by saints, used to protect against witchcraft, fire, plague and storms. Etching.

A plague house in Bombay: the wall has been marked with circles. Photograph, 1896/1897.

The Holy Cross with Saint Sebastian, Saint Roch and Saint John Nepomuk, serving as an amulet against plagues, witchcraft etc. Coloured woodcut.

Saint Anastasius: his head as an amulet against plague and witchcraft. Line engraving, 17--.

The Holy Cross, surrounded by Saint Sebastian, Saint Roch, and Saint John Nepomuk, and (above) the appearance of the Trinity; serving as an amulet against plagues, witchcraft etc. Coloured etching.

The Holy Cross, serving as an amulet against plagues, witchcraft etc. Etching on silk.

The Holy Cross with the wounds of Christ, serving as an amulet against plagues, witchcraft etc. Woodcut.

The Holy Cross with the Virgin and Christ Child, serving as an amulet against plagues, witchcraft etc. Etching.