Das Wunderthaetige Gnadenbild Maria in Landsh[ut].

Format:

Image

Contributor:

Miscellaneous Print Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Zachs-Adam Rare Book Fund.

Language:

German

Subjects (All):

Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Devotion to--Germany--18th century--Early works to 1800.

Mary.

Ursulinenkloster (Landshut, Germany)--Early works to 1800.

Ursulinenkloster (Landshut, Germany).

Amulets--Germany--18th century--Specimens.

Amulets.

Talismans--Germany--18th century--Specimens.

Talismans.

Solano, Francisco, Saint, 1549-1610--Pictorial works--Early works to 1800.

Solano, Francisco.

Saints--Pictorial works--Early works to 1800.

Saints.

Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint.

Devotion.

Germany.

Genre:

amulets.

Early works

Specimens

Religious materials.

Physical Description:

1 sheet ([9] panels) : 9 mounted woodcuts ; 26 x 27 cm

Place of Publication:

[Landshut, Germany?] : [publisher not identified], [not before 1726]

Notes:

Deconstructed Breverl, or folded paper amulet, mounted with red wax on paper. Consisting of 9 engraved parts, the largest being 16 x 13 cm. Produced for pilgrims visiting the Ursuline Convent in Landshut.

The main engraving features a large double cross, with Virgin Mary in central vignette. Along the arms of the cross are letters. At the foot of the main engraving are invocations against witchcraft, fire, plague, and fear.

Saints depicted: St. Francis, St. Ignatius, St. James the Greater, St. Anastasius, St. Agatha, St. Roche, St. Anthony, St. Sebastian, St. Christopher, St. Florian, St. Paul, St. Peter, St. Joseph, St. Francisco Solano.

Probable place of publication supplied from bookseller's description.

Date of publication based on date of Francisco Solano's canonization as a saint.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2023 from Editio Altera.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Zachs-Adam Rare Book Fund.

OCLC:

1418724223