Amulet, a rectangular prayer card with a printed image of the miraculous figure of the Child Mary on the front and a prayer on the reverse. [RB 23/08/2012]

Collection type: Object
Description: Amulet, a rectangular prayer card with a printed image of the miraculous figure of the Child Mary on the front and a prayer on the reverse. [RB 23/08/2012]
Long description: Amulet, a rectangular prayer card with a printed image of the miraculous figure of the Child Mary on the front and a prayer on the reverse. Below the image there is an Italian inscription which reads: 'MIRACOLOSA EFFICIE DI MARIA BAMBINA che si venera nel Noviziato delle Suore di Carita in Milano' [The Miraculous figure of the Child Mary who is venerated in the Novitiate of the Sisters of Charity in Milan]. At the end of the prayer on the reverse there is a promise of an indulgence for it's recitation. [RB 23/08/2012]
Geographical reference: Italy
Europe > Southern Europe > Italy; Milan
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Wellcome Institute; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1931
Date collected: By 1931
Acquisition information: Transferred: 1985
Materials and processes: Material Paper Plant, Process Printed
Dimensions: Length x Width: max 118 x 78 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.52.2729