Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child and Saint Gaetano, Saint Roch, Saint Martha, and Saint Januarius with scenes from a cholera epidemic below. Lithograph by F. Apicella, ca. 1884.

Saint Januarius: ceremony marking the liquefaction of his blood in Naples cathedral. Etching by G. Martini and L. Germain and engraving by B. Nicolet, after L.J. Desprez.

Saint Januarius: worshippers demand that his blood be turned green or yellow as a miracle. Coloured lithograph by G. Castagnola.

119 pages : illustrations (some colour), portraits, plans ; 21 x 22 cm.

San Gennaro : il miracolo = the miracle / Aldo Caserta, Gastone Lambertini ; [foto, Ciro Colombrino ; traduzione, Thea Theuissen].

1 print : wood engraving ; image 29.5 x 22.3 cm

Mount Vesuvius erupting, and people attacking an image of Saint Januarius for not preventing the eruption. Wood engraving by G. Durand after S.P. Hall (?).

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San Gennaro : il miracolo = the miracle / Aldo Caserta, Gastone Lambertini ; [foto, Ciro Colombrino ; traduzione, Thea Theuissen].

Saint Januarius: ceremony marking the liquefaction of his blood in Naples cathedral. Etching by G. Martini and L. Germain and engraving by B. Nicolet, after L.J. Desprez.

Mount Vesuvius erupting, and people attacking an image of Saint Januarius for not preventing the eruption. Wood engraving by G. Durand after S.P. Hall (?).

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child and Saint Gaetano, Saint Roch, Saint Martha, and Saint Januarius with scenes from a cholera epidemic below. Lithograph by F. Apicella, ca. 1884.

Saint Januarius: worshippers demand that his blood be turned green or yellow as a miracle. Coloured lithograph by G. Castagnola.

Januarius

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San Gennaro : il miracolo = the miracle / Aldo Caserta, Gastone Lambertini ; [foto, Ciro Colombrino ; traduzione, Thea Theuissen].

Saint Januarius: ceremony marking the liquefaction of his blood in Naples cathedral. Etching by G. Martini and L. Germain and engraving by B. Nicolet, after L.J. Desprez.

Mount Vesuvius erupting, and people attacking an image of Saint Januarius for not preventing the eruption. Wood engraving by G. Durand after S.P. Hall (?).

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child and Saint Gaetano, Saint Roch, Saint Martha, and Saint Januarius with scenes from a cholera epidemic below. Lithograph by F. Apicella, ca. 1884.

Saint Januarius: worshippers demand that his blood be turned green or yellow as a miracle. Coloured lithograph by G. Castagnola.

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