Saint Peter Celestine: a house is set on fire by devils, but he fights against it with the prayer and the sign of the Cross. Engraving by A. [?] van Merlen.

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Saint Peter Celestine: a house is set on fire by devils, but he fights against it with the prayer and the sign of the Cross. Engraving by A. [?] van Merlen. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Quid Petre Coelestine odii non audeat ignis, / Sed quid non predibus, vel cruce possit amor / Te flammis urgent furiae iam cultor eremi, / Sed cruce sed precibus flamma furorque. Merlen del sc. The word "predibus" appears to be engraved in place of "precibus". A word is missing at the end of the Latin couplets: possibly "sedent". The name Merlen is indistinct

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The name Merlen, if correctly read, suggests that the author was Abraham van Merlen (1579-1660) or one of his sons Theodoor and Jacques

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Wellcome Collection 6819i

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