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Religious art

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

[Man's Head with Body & Hand - Saint Sebastian Sketch] / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1954

 Item
Identifier: CC-55371-333000
Scope and Contents

According to a personal communication from Charles Verey to the Sackners, Houedard was alternating his time in Prinknash Abbey and Rome, Italy from October 1951 to July 1954. He believed that most of the visual art was done in Rome. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1954

[Saint Sebastian Shot With Arrows] / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1954

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Identifier: CC-55321-9999070
Scope and Contents

According to a personal communication from Charles Verey to the Sackners, Houedard was alternating his time in Prinknash Abbey and Rome, Italy from October 1951 to July 1954. He believed that most of the visual art was done in Rome. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1954

The Spheres No.1 & 2 [Pages 128 & 113 Pages 3 & 45] , 1993

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Identifier: CC-06393-6510
Scope and Contents

These drawings were made on pages 128 & 113, and pages 3 & 43 of a book on astronomy by Joannis de Sacro Bosco, Sphaera, Lyon France, 1564. The original pages were perforated by termite holes that were filled with gold leaf. The pages themselves have engravings and marginalia that Macia has incorporated into his new images. Macia related that he was inspired to make these drawings after visiting the Sackner Archive and viewing Tom Phillips' A Humument. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Vir Dei / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1956

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Identifier: CC-55475-59802
Scope and Contents

Vir Dei translated from the Latin to Englsih means God Hero. The image deoicts a Nun reading a book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1956