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Contents of a Breverl, showing the emblems of various Saints.

A salesman in Rome with a snake selling amulets as antidotes or prophylactics against snake-bite to a crowd of people. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1821.

The book of talismans, amulets, and zodiacal gems / by William Thomas and Kate Pavitt.

A postcard wishing good luck illustrated by various lucky charms. Chromolithograph.

Amuletic flask or container of crystal.

Vipern Schnürre : die von Hyeronimus Mantovani, Apotheker zum Welterlösers-Schilde in der sogenannten Calle larga S. Marco in Venedig auf eine ganz besondere Art zubereitet werden / Girolamo Mantovani.

An ornate lucky charm in the form of a hand. Chromolithograph.

Electro-galvanic necklet, made up of plaques and of links.

A postcard a lucky charm which is illustrated by a hunchback. Chromolithograph.

Amulets and magic bowls : Aramaic incantations of late antiquity / by Joseph Naveh, Shaul Shaked.

Two Yorkshire charms or amulets : exorcisms and adhurations / by the Rev. Christopher Wordsworth.

The Evil Eye (ayin hara-ah) / by Harry Friedenwald.

Sobre amuletos de los Pascuenses / Marcelo Bórmida.

Die Binde der Rechfertigung (Lefâfa ṣedeḳ) : (Fortsetzung) / Sebastian Euringer.

[Wellcome MS. Batak 331834].

The Holy Cross with Saint Sebastian, Saint Roch and Saint John Nepomuk, serving as an amulet against plagues, witchcraft etc. Coloured woodcut.

Vipern Schnurre.

Tibetan cosmological amulet for protection against diseases. Gouache painting, Tibet.

The Holy Cross, surrounded by Saint Sebastian, Saint Roch, and Saint John Nepomuk, and (above) the appearance of the Trinity; serving as an amulet against plagues, witchcraft etc. Coloured etching.

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The Holy Cross, surrounded by Saint Sebastian, Saint Roch, and Saint John Nepomuk, and (above) the appearance of the Trinity; serving as an amulet against plagues, witchcraft etc. Coloured etching.

Vipern Schnurre.

Vipern Schnurre.

Vipern Schnurre.

Vipern Schnurre.