The Holy Cross, surrounded by Saint Sebastian, Saint Roch, and Saint John Nepomuk, and (above) the appearance of the Trinity; serving as an amulet against plagues, witchcraft etc. Coloured etching.
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1 print : engraving, with gouache ; image 12.4 x 8 cm
Lettering
✝ Z ✝ D I A ✝ B I ✝ Z ✝ S A B ✝ Z ✝ H G F I B F R S
The meaning of the lettering is explained by Sannig, loc. cit.
References note
Bernhard Sannig, Rituale ecclesiasticum continens varias absolutiones, benedictiones, conjurationes, exorcismos, ritus, ac alias caeremonias ecclesiasticas, Cologne 1711, pp. 340-345
Don C. Skemer, 'Deciphering a central European plague amulet', Blog Wellcome Library, 14 October 2016
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Wellcome Collection 11164i
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