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| | Catholic Piety |
 | | Passion (ladder, hammer, nails, crown of thorns, etc.) On the base is incised Ora pro Tho Lusher qui fecit 1623 (pray for Thomas Lusher who made this in 1623). |
 | | Helena Wintour in 1655 worked a highly elaborated set of red and white vestments, including chasuble, chalice veil, and burse to hold the corporal Wintour's father and uncle were executed as part of the Gunpowder Plot to assassinate James I, a supporter of Calvinists and build a more Catholic-friendly monarchy. |
 | | Meditations in the Passion are written on vellum and decorated with images of Christ laid out on the grave and the instruments of the Passion that were a part of his suffering, such as the nailsthat pierced his hands and feet, and the spear that pieced his side are illustrated in a series. |
| college.holycross.edu /projects/catholiccollecting/catholic_Piety.htm (911 words) |
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