A plague cross with the Virgin of the Ursulines at Lace, the wounds of Christ, St. Peter, St. Paul, St. Joseph, St. Christopher, the Archangel Gabriel(?), St. Michael, St. Benedict, St. John Nepomuk, St. Martin and St. Scholastica. Etching.
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A plague cross with the Virgin of the Ursulines at Lace, the wounds of Christ, St. Peter, St. Paul, St. Joseph, St. Christopher, the Archangel Gabriel(?), St. Michael, St. Benedict, St. John Nepomuk, St. Martin and St. Scholastica. Etching.

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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.

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