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1 print : lithograph ; sheet 47.1 x 35.4 cm

The arms of a man emerge from the darkness holding a silver communion cup into which a condom is about to be dropped; a safe-sex and AIDS prevention message. Lithograph by T. Kanar, 1993.

Bible. N.T. Matthew 26.36-46; Mark 14.32-42; Luke 22.39-46

1 print : etching ; platemark 34.7 x 25.1 cm

The agony of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane. Etching.

The crucified Christ bleeds into cups held by attending angels. Woodcut.

The agony in the garden; the cup lies before Jesus; an angel descends to strengthen him. Etching.

Saint John carries the cup with which he was poisoned; a broken wheel signifies Saint Catherine's attempted execution

La Pinacoteca della Pontificia Accademia delle Belle Arti in Bologna

1 drawing : pencil ; border 28.1 x 18.3 cm.

The Virgin Mary with the Christ Child and Saint John the Baptist, Saint John the Evangelist and Saint Catherine of Alexandria. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after Annibale Carracci.

Leaflet issued in 1986 by the Terrence Higgins Trust assuring communion takers that the sharing the chalice when taking the Holy Eucharist would not infect them with AIDS and that AIDS was not "God's punishment" and that people with AIDS deserved compassion and should be prayed for.

AIDS ephemera: Religion, memorials & fund raising.

1 folded sheet (4 pages) : color illustrations ; 21 cm

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The arms of a man emerge from the darkness holding a silver communion cup into which a condom is about to be dropped; a safe-sex and AIDS prevention message. Lithograph by T. Kanar, 1993.

The agony of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane. Etching.

The crucified Christ bleeds into cups held by attending angels. Woodcut.

The agony in the garden; the cup lies before Jesus; an angel descends to strengthen him. Etching.

The Virgin Mary with the Christ Child and Saint John the Baptist, Saint John the Evangelist and Saint Catherine of Alexandria. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after Annibale Carracci.

Is it safe? : the chalice and AIDS / Terrence Higgins Trust.

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The arms of a man emerge from the darkness holding a silver communion cup into which a condom is about to be dropped; a safe-sex and AIDS prevention message. Lithograph by T. Kanar, 1993.

The agony of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane. Etching.

The crucified Christ bleeds into cups held by attending angels. Woodcut.

The agony in the garden; the cup lies before Jesus; an angel descends to strengthen him. Etching.

The Virgin Mary with the Christ Child and Saint John the Baptist, Saint John the Evangelist and Saint Catherine of Alexandria. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after Annibale Carracci.

Is it safe? : the chalice and AIDS / Terrence Higgins Trust.

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