muspeccoll:uwmspeccoll:Spotlight: Saints & DemonsToday we present a selection of images from SS.
muspeccoll:uwmspeccoll:Spotlight: Saints & DemonsToday we present a selection of images from SS. Icones Benedictinae (1677) by Amando Liebhaber, a collection of over 100 copperplate etchings of Benedictine saints engaged in a variety of pious acts: performing miracles; healing the sick; raising the dead; consoling the destitute; counseling the powerful; founding abbeys; cavorting with wild animals; receiving martyrdom. I’ve decided to point the spotlight on saints confronting demons because, well, demons are cool. And saints subduing demons are even more cool. Although martyrdom images come in a pretty close second. Perhaps I’ll spotlight that another time.Anyway, my favorite will always be St. Dunstan subduing a demon with a set of flaming-hot tongs to the nose. Saints and demons: superheroes of their day!Find it in the catalog here.—MAXSaint Dustan! -- source link