Contra mala pestem et sicia contra ignem tempestates. and Oratio contra omnes, tum maleficorum , tum daemonum incursus.
Description:
BEIN 2013 962: Two Jesuit stamps at top of prayer, "Oratio contra omnes ... ", Finally, in the center of the devotional, underneath an image with title, "Conceptu B M V," are some slightly mutilated sections of text in German (3 x 3 and 4 x 3 cm), with a piece of stiffened paper (6 x 4 cm) sewn inside for reinforcement., Five of the woodcuts can be lifted up to reveal folded texts underneath., On a French vellum manuscript sheet (21 x 25 cm) possibly from the 17th century, 11 small woodcut illustrations (each, approximately 6 x 4 cm) have been mounted, nine on the recto, two on the verso. The sheet has then been folded into ninths, making it of a size (7 x 5 cm) that can be put into a pocket., Title devised by cataloger., Underneath an image of St. Ignatius is a prayer (17 x 12 cm, unfolded), in Latin and German, with title "Contra mala pestem et sicia contra ignem tempestates.", Underneath an image of St. Anastasius is an image of and a Latin prayer to St. Agatha (4 x 9 cm, unfolded) and underneath an image of a patriarchal cross is an image of the three holy kings (Caspar, Melchior, Balthasar) and an account of them in German., and Underneath an image of St. John Nepomucene, is a prayer (19 x 14 cm, unfolded) against demons titled "Oratio contra omnes, tum maleficorum , tum daemonum incursus." The imprint at the end is of the Inquisitor of Turin: "Fr. Bartholomeus Rocca de Palermo, Inq. Taurini vidit, permittitque, et imprimatur." Printed on the verso of a page of text with title "Jesus + Maria / Jesus Nazarenus, Rex Judaeorum.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church, Catholic Church--Prayers and devotions--Early works to 1800, Jesuits, Jesuits Stamp, and Rocca, Bartholomaeus, of Palermo
