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  • The Holy Ampulla (Sainte Ampoule) at Reims, used for anointing the kings of France before the French Revolution. Etching, 1793.
  • The Holy Ampulla (Sainte Ampoule) at Reims, used for anointing the kings of France before the French Revolution. Etching, 1793.
  • Instruments and sacred objects to perform a Jewish circumcision ceremony. Engraving, 1741, after B. Picart, 1725.
  • Instruments and sacred objects to perform a Jewish circumcision ceremony. Engraving, 1741, after B. Picart, 1725.
  • Boer War: a chaplain administering the Sacrament to a dying soldier on a battlefield. Halftone, c. 1900, after F. J. Waugh.
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    The Holy Ampulla (Sainte Ampoule) at Reims, used for anointing the kings of France before the French Revolution. Etching, 1793.

    | Date: 1793 | Reference: 18412i
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    The Holy Ampulla (Sainte Ampoule) at Reims, used for anointing the kings of France before the French Revolution. Etching, 1793.

    | Date: 1793 | Reference: 29729i
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    Instruments and sacred objects to perform a Jewish circumcision ceremony. Engraving, 1741, after B. Picart, 1725.

    | Date: 1722 | Reference: 22887i
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    The altar of the Royal Archconfraternity of the Forty Hours: the Host in glory above the altar, surmounted by a baldachin. Engraving by P. Hortigosa after J. Abrial.

    Avrial y Flores, José María, 1807-1891. | Date: 1800-1899 | Reference: 29735i
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    Boer War: a chaplain administering the Sacrament to a dying soldier on a battlefield. Halftone, c. 1900, after F. J. Waugh.

    Waugh, Frederick Judd, 1861-1940. | Date: 1900 | Reference: 23718i
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