A cross with the Virgin of the Ursulines at Landshut, the wounds of Christ, and saints used against witchcraft, fire, plague, and storms. Etching.
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The saints are Saint Peter, Saint Paul, Saint Joseph, Saint Christopher, the Archangel Gabriel(?), Saint Michael, Saint Benedict, Saint John Nepomuk, Saint Martin and Saint Scholastica
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Physical description
1 print : etching, with gouache ; image and border 16.1 x 11.8 cm
Lettering
In virtute hujus signi Tau quo signati fuerunt viri filii Israel in morte epidemia. Libera nos. Deus noster amen. Iesu fili Dei. Amen. Misere mei. S. Petrus. S. Paulus. S. Joseph. S. Christo<pherus> Angelus. L. S. Michael. S. Benedictus. S. Io. Nepomuk. S. Martin. S. Scholastica. Contra maleficia contra ignem pestem et tempestas. Das wunderthetige Gedank bild d. Ursulinerin im La.
The cross is inscribed with abbreviations. "La" in the lettering around the Virgin may refer to Landshut, where from 1680 the Ursuline convent preserved a copy of a Roman painting of the Virgin with her head inclined
Reference
Wellcome Collection 11168i
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