Gallery›Wellcome Collection›The relic of the Benedictine monastery of Andechs; a host consacrated by Gregory the Great appears above the monastery, sheds its blessing on female representations of four catholic German states and sends flashes of lightening against Hunger, Plague and War; on the sides, Pope Gregory the Great (with beard) and an unidentified Pope saint. Engraving by C. Klauber.
The relic of the Benedictine monastery of Andechs; a host consacrated by Gregory the Great appears above the monastery, sheds its blessing on female representations of four catholic German states and sends flashes of lightening against Hunger, Plague and War; on the sides, Pope Gregory the Great (with beard) and an unidentified Pope saint. Engraving by C. Klauber.
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The relic of the Benedictine monastery of Andechs; a host consacrated by Gregory the Great appears above the monastery, sheds its blessing on female representations of four catholic German states and sends flashes of lightening against Hunger, Plague and War; on the sides, Pope Gregory the Great (with beard) and an unidentified Pope saint. Engraving by C. Klauber.

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Lettering: Krieg, Hunge, Pest von uns abwendt dass wunderbarlich sacrament. Auf dem H. Berg Andex O.S.P. Benedicti in ober Bayren. Klauber Cath. Sc A[ugustae] V[indelicorum].

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