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Holy Cross

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Jesus Christ - Crucifixion
Jesus Christ - Relics

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33 images from works
  • Sarsarparilla root under the microscope.
  • 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.
  • Left, Christ carrying the Cross, standing on a pile of crosses; right, people with crutches seek his help, within a setting of colonnades. Engraving by G.B. Cavalieri, 1568.
  • The Holy Cross with the Virgin and Christ Child, serving as an amulet against plagues, witchcraft etc. Etching.
  • The Holy Cross with the wounds of Christ, serving as an amulet against plagues, witchcraft etc. Woodcut.
  • Left, Christ carrying the Cross, standing on a pile of crosses; right, people with crutches seek his help, within a setting of colonnades. Engraving by G.B. Cavalieri, 1568.
  • 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)
  • Numerous death crosses in black against a white background with the names of people who have died of AIDS; a warning issued by Abraco. Colour lithograph by McCann/JM, ca. 1996.
  • The Holy Cross with Saint Sebastian, Saint Roch and Saint John Nepomuk, serving as an amulet against plagues, witchcraft etc. Coloured woodcut.
  • An angel holds a palm branch and points towards the Holy Cross. Colour lithograph.
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    Answers for Messieurs Cross and Bogle, George Brown, and others, merchants in Glasgow, creditors of M'Farlane and Thomson; to the petition of George Anderson, merchant in Glasgow, and others, trustees for the creditors of John Glen of Assloss, late mercha

    Cross | Date: [1766]

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