Basic attitude of trust, especially in the context of religious convictions

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A woman personifying faith, by the sea, holding a cross and a chalice. Coloured mezzotint, 17--.

A selection of four lead mortuary crosses, placed on the body of a plague victim, found on the site of the old Grey Friars Monastery, Newgate Street, Lonodn (replicas)

Rahab hangs the scarlet cord from her window. Autotype after F.J. Shields, 1877.

A personification of faith with a cross, standing on a column, looking upwards and raising her right arm. Stipple engraving by G.S and J.G Facius, 1781, after Josiah Boydell after Sir Joshua Reynolds.

The soul being refined like metal in a crucible by an angel, Satan, Venus and Death; representing a test of faith. Etching by C. Murer, ca. 1600-1614.

A woman beleaguered by four enemies; representing Faith resisting Death, Schism, the World and the Devil. Engraving by Hieronymus Wierix after Maarten de Vos, 156-.

Two eyes above a woman and child and other illustrations of groups of black people interwoven with a red banner bearing words including 'give love' and 'compassion'; advertisement by the National Urban League, Inc. for those with or affected by AIDS. Colour lithograph.

A prophet points to a cross which is leaking water; representing faith, the 'fountain of life'. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.

Of credulity and incredulity in things divine & spiritual : wherein (among other things) a true and faithful account is given of the Platonick philosophy, as it hath reference to Christianity : as also the business of witches and witchcraft, against a late writer, fully argued and disputed / by Merick Casaubon.

Der Weihnachtsbaum und die medizinische Utopien : Volkskunde und Medizingeschichte / Eberhard Wolff.

The thinking peasant : popular and educated belief in pre-industrial culture / Christina Larner.

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Faith

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Images about Faith

Works from the collections

A woman beleaguered by four enemies; representing Faith resisting Death, Schism, the World and the Devil. Engraving by Hieronymus Wierix after Maarten de Vos, 156-.

Der Weihnachtsbaum und die medizinische Utopien : Volkskunde und Medizingeschichte / Eberhard Wolff.

The thinking peasant : popular and educated belief in pre-industrial culture / Christina Larner.

A selection of four lead mortuary crosses, placed on the body of a plague victim, found on the site of the old Grey Friars Monastery, Newgate Street, Lonodn (replicas)

Faith

Images from the collections

Images about Faith

Works from the collections

A woman beleaguered by four enemies; representing Faith resisting Death, Schism, the World and the Devil. Engraving by Hieronymus Wierix after Maarten de Vos, 156-.

Der Weihnachtsbaum und die medizinische Utopien : Volkskunde und Medizingeschichte / Eberhard Wolff.

The thinking peasant : popular and educated belief in pre-industrial culture / Christina Larner.

A selection of four lead mortuary crosses, placed on the body of a plague victim, found on the site of the old Grey Friars Monastery, Newgate Street, Lonodn (replicas)

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