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This is another fabulous Antique French Holy Card!!! This one was glued into the same 1851 book as the gorgeous Red one that I posted a few weeks ago, you can find it HERE. I have such a thing for these early French religious pieces, they really are so special! You’ll find the original version of the Sacred Heart at the top, I adore every speck and splatter on it, I think it’s perfect the way it is, but I made a black and white cleaned up version as well, since you may find some additional uses for it. Although I attended Catholic school, I’m not actually Catholic and I’m not sure of some of the meanings behind some of the imagery here, I know some of you are experts in this area (particularly Izabella!), so perhaps you or she will let us know in the comments!
Anne Huskey-Lockard says
This is an exceptional piece; I’ve never seen a Sacred Heart with the *human heart veins* becoming the crown of thorns that normally are seen.
As far as I can tell, and my Latin is rusty from years of not hearing it, the tags from the missle are the following:
~Baptism
~Confirmation
~Pennance (or possibly petition/Confession)
~The Eucharist (Communion)
~Extreme Unction (blessing given preceding death)
~Ordination
~Marriage
These are all ceremony in the church.
There is significance in the shape of the stand and holder of the Heart as it is the same a s the Eucharist is presented in in some of the older churches.
What a delight~~that you so much for posting this!
XXOO~~
Anne
Anonymous says
Anne’s translaton is correct – those 7 tags represent the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church.
Karen- The Graphics Fairy says
Fabulous!! Thanks so much Anne!!
Lauralee says
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laurie says
you know,,, your blog is beautiful and i love the fact that your friends help giving information also,,, I learned something here today,,, thanks for that,,
Sharon says
Thank you for the graphic and thank you Anne for the translation! I’m also not Catholic, but my husband teaches at a Catholic school so this might come in handy.
Izabella says
Oh Karen, you daring Lady – such tall order! An expert. moi? More like a ferret when it comes to research. Nonetheless, thank you for the accolade.
My Latin is so rusty you can hear it screech but with a little help from my good buddy Google I managed to come up with this gem http://www.thesacredheart.com/sacremnt.htm
What is interesting that the order of the Seven Sacraments as these are (reading from left to right) differs slightly in your extraordinary clipart.
Enjoy Easter!
Warmest best ~ Izabella