{"title":"Devotionalia","description":"Religious printed matter once placed in a coffin, kept in a prayer book, or bought as a keepsake from a pilgrimage. Memorial cards, holy pictures, prayer sheets, and devotional cards from the Catholic tradition of Western Europe, printed in Italy, Germany, France, and the Low Countries from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. Some are hand-painted or inscribed on the reverse — traces of the people who once held them.","products":[{"product_id":"missiekaartje-africa-christo-paters-heilige-geest-1946","title":"Mission Card, Fathers of the Holy Spirit, Africa-Christo, Netherlands, 1946","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Dutch mission card from the Africa-Christo missionary charity, published by the Fathers of the Holy Spirit, dated 1946. The front shows a colour illustration of Saint Anthony of Padua with the Christ Child, printed in Italy by publisher AR, series number Z\/116. The reverse contains a prayer for the mission, with the imprimatur of vicar-general F.N.J. Hendrikx at s-Hertogenbosch and the approval of Dr. L. Vogel, provincial superior at Gemert. Light signs of use, otherwise well preserved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Fathers of the Holy Spirit, also known as the Spiritans, were one of the most active missionary orders in Africa. The Africa-Christo charity was a collective support structure through which members supported the missionary fathers through donations and prayer. Mission cards like this were printed and distributed in large numbers but have rarely survived due to their everyday character. This example is a modest but concrete document of Dutch missionary culture in the post-war period.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Collectionist","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56635120582980,"sku":null,"price":7.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0530\/1442\/9896\/files\/img20260410_18542173.jpg?v=1775849285"},{"product_id":"bedevaartkaartje-santa-croce-gerusalemme-rome","title":"Pilgrimage Card, Basilica Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, Rome, 20th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn Italian pilgrimage card from the Basilica di Santa Croce in Gerusalemme in Rome, served by the Cistercian monks. The front shows a colour photograph of the reliquary cabinet with six numbered relics: three pieces of the Holy Cross, the INRI inscription, a holy nail, two thorns, the finger of the Apostle Thomas with which he touched the wound of Christ, and fragments of the Holy Sepulchre, the Column of the Flagellation and the Manger. The reverse contains an Italian prayer to the Most Holy Cross. Light signs of use, otherwise well preserved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Santa Croce in Gerusalemme is one of the seven pilgrimage churches of Rome and houses one of the most important relic collections in the Christian world. Pilgrimage cards like this were taken home by pilgrims as tangible evidence of their visit and as objects for personal devotion. They have rarely survived undamaged due to their everyday use.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Collectionist","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56635191558468,"sku":null,"price":6.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0530\/1442\/9896\/files\/img20260410_18564121.jpg?v=1775851960"},{"product_id":"gebetszettel-boetedienst-reichenauer-school-trier","title":"Prayer Leaflet, Penitential Service, Reichenau School Miniature, Liturgisches Institut Trier, 20th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eA German liturgical prayer leaflet published by the Liturgisches Institut in Trier, intended for a penitential service on the theme Wie auch wir vergeben (As we also forgive). The folded leaflet contains an examination of conscience and prayer on the inside, and on the outside reproductions of an eleventh-century miniature from the Evangeliary of the Reichenau School, held at the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek in Munich. The miniature illustrates the parable of the unforgiving servant from the Gospel of Matthew. Printed by Centra-Druck Sistig GmbH in Trier, with ecclesiastical permission. Light signs of use, otherwise well preserved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Reichenau School was a leading scriptorium on the island of Reichenau in Lake Constance, active in the tenth and eleventh centuries. Its miniatures are among the highlights of Ottonian manuscript illumination. This prayer leaflet is a modest but interesting example of how medieval visual culture was deployed in twentieth-century liturgical practice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Collectionist","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56635282850116,"sku":null,"price":6.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0530\/1442\/9896\/files\/img20260410_19061930.jpg?v=1775856802"},{"product_id":"barmhartig-jezus-devotiekaartje","title":"Divine Mercy holy card - \"Jesus, ik vertrouw op U\", Roosenboom Heerlen","description":"\u003cp\u003eHoly card with a colour reproduction of the Divine Mercy image, the iconographic type originating in the apparitions to Polish nun Faustina Kowalska in the 1930s. The front shows Christ with slightly open arms and two rays of light emanating from the heart, with the caption \"Jesus, ik vertrouw op U\" (Jesus, I trust in You). The card bears the notation \"Cum appr. ecc.\" and was published by Joh. Roosenboom of Heerlen. The reverse contains a Dutch-language devotional text on the meaning of the rays and the promise of protection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHoly cards of this type were printed and distributed in large numbers from the 1940s onward through parishes, chapels and religious publishers in the Netherlands and Belgium. Roosenboom was one of the better-known Dutch publishers of religious printed matter in the post-war period. The card is in good condition with light age-related yellowing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Collectionist","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56650722214212,"sku":null,"price":7.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0530\/1442\/9896\/files\/img20260410_19075556.jpg?v=1775857440"},{"product_id":"devotiekaartje-sint-antonius-padua-duits","title":"German devotional leaflet Saint Anthony of Padua - \"13 Vortage\", Basilica of Padua","description":"\u003cp\u003eFolded devotional leaflet in German, published by the Sendbote des Heiligen Antonius associated with the Basilica of Padua. The front shows a colour illustration of Saint Anthony of Padua holding the Christ Child and lilies, with the domes of the Basilica in the background. The leaflet contains the full text of the \"Kurze Übung der 13 Vortage\", a series of thirteen prayers in preparation for the feast of the saint, supplemented by a responsory and antiphon. The inner page bears handwritten annotations in blue ballpoint pen, likely from personal use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe \"13 Vortage\" is a devotional exercise distributed worldwide from Padua through the Franciscan order and the publishing house connected to the Basilica. German-language editions of this type were printed for the large German-speaking Catholic communities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The leaflet bears the notice \"Mit kirchlicher Druckerlaubnis\" and was intended for distribution among benefactors of the Basilica.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Collectionist","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56650760618308,"sku":null,"price":7.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0530\/1442\/9896\/files\/img20260410_19324857.jpg?v=1776077570"},{"product_id":"devotiekaartje-sint-franciscus-assisi-giotto","title":"Devotional leaflet Saint Francis of Assisi - Giotto fresco reproduction, Basilica of Assisi","description":"\u003cp\u003eFolded devotional leaflet in English, published by the Basilica of San Francesco in Assisi and printed by Tipografia Metastasio. The front shows a colour reproduction of the \"Sermon to the Birds\", the celebrated fresco attributed to Giotto di Bondone in the Upper Church of the Basilica of Assisi. The inner pages contain the so-called Prayer of Saint Francis (\"Lord, make me an instrument of your peace\") and a welcome address from the Conventual Franciscan Friars to visitors of the shrine. The back is damaged from tape removal, which has torn away part of the paper surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis type of card was distributed on-site to pilgrims and tourists, functioning both as a devotional object and as a memento of a visit to one of the principal Franciscan pilgrimage sites in Europe. The reference to the magazine \"The Spirit of Assisi\" suggests the card dates from the 1970s or 1980s.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Collectionist","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56650765861188,"sku":null,"price":4.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0530\/1442\/9896\/files\/img20260410_19302580.jpg?v=1776077972"},{"product_id":"priesterwijdingskaartje-barmhartig-jezus-polen-1990","title":"Polish ordination holy card Divine Mercy - ks. Cyran, Czestochowa 1990","description":"\u003cp\u003eDevotional card issued to mark the priestly ordination of ks. Włodzimierz Cyran in Częstochowa in 1990, printed by the Congregation of Marians (copyright 1982). The front shows a colour reproduction of the Divine Mercy image with the Polish caption \"Jezu ufam Tobie\" (Jesus, I trust in You). This version of the iconographic type is based on the painting associated with the Vilnius type, distinguished from the classic Hylas version by its more dramatic rays of light and dark architectural background. The reverse contains two biblical quotations in Polish from Jeremiah and Ephesians.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOrdination cards of this type were printed in large numbers in Poland from the 1950s onward and distributed by the newly ordained priest to family, friends and parishioners as a personal keepsake. The year 1990 falls in the period immediately following the fall of communism in Poland, when the Catholic Church held a particularly prominent role in public life. The Congregation of Marians, a Marian congregation with close ties to the Divine Mercy devotion, produced the card.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Collectionist","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56650795745604,"sku":null,"price":7.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0530\/1442\/9896\/files\/img20260410_19291665.jpg?v=1776078526"},{"product_id":"devotieprentje-exvoto-altotting-1879","title":"Devotional card ex-voto Altötting chapel - reproduction votive painting 1879, Drittordensverlag","description":"\u003cp\u003eDevotional card with a colour reproduction of a votive painting from the Holy Chapel of Altötting, dated 1879. The painting shows two kneeling figures — a man in dark habit and a woman in civilian dress — on either side of a church building, while above them the Altötting Madonna appears in a radiant formation of clouds. The inscription on the painting reads: \"Zwei gewisse Personen verlobten sich hieher in gewissen Anliegen zur Muttergottes. EXVOTO. 1879.\" The reverse gives the publisher's name: Drittordensverlag Altötting Nr. 917.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAltötting is the principal Marian shrine of Bavaria and one of the most important Catholic pilgrimage sites in German-speaking Europe. The Holy Chapel houses hundreds of ex-votos left by pilgrims in gratitude for graces received. The votive painting reproduced on this card is a rare example of an anonymous pledge — \"two certain persons\" who do not reveal their names but record their devotion for posterity. The Drittordensverlag was the Franciscan publishing house connected to the shrine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Collectionist","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56685508002116,"sku":null,"price":8.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0530\/1442\/9896\/files\/img20260410_19103393.jpg?v=1776773424"},{"product_id":"devotiekaartje-africa-christo-spiritijnen-sint-antonius-1946","title":"Devotional card Africa-Christo Spiritans - Saint Anthony of Padua, 1946","description":"\u003cp\u003eDevotional card from the Africa-Christo missionary charity of the Fathers of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans), printed in Italy (AA Dep Z\/121). The front shows a colour illustration of Saint Anthony of Padua in Franciscan habit, kneeling before the Christ Child resting on a rock, surrounded by cherubs and radiant light. The reverse contains a Dutch-language missionary prayer and bears the imprimatur of F.N.J. Hendrikx, Vic.-Gen. of the Diocese of Den Bosch, dated 23 April 1946, and the approval of Dr. L. Vogel, Provincial Superior C.S.Sp. in Gemert.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Spiritans (Congregation of the Holy Spirit) were one of the most active Dutch missionary congregations in Africa in the twentieth century, with their provincialate based in Gemert. Africa-Christo was their missionary charity through which donors in the Netherlands were connected to evangelisation work. Cards of this type were distributed to members and benefactors of the charity. The card is in good condition with light yellowing and a small defect at the upper right corner.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Collectionist","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56685524320580,"sku":null,"price":7.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0530\/1442\/9896\/files\/img20260410_19182762.jpg?v=1776773550"},{"product_id":"devotiekaartje-sint-antonius-pieter-geraedts-gidsen-gebed","title":"Devotional card Saint Anthony of Padua - after Pieter Geraedts, Girl Guides Prayer, Elwa 134","description":"\u003cp\u003eDevotional card with on the front a colour reproduction of a painting by Dutch artist Pieter Geraedts, depicting Saint Anthony of Padua holding the Christ Child in a red tunic. The image is published by Elwa (nr. 134) and is distinguished by a restrained, almost expressionistic rendering of both figures. The reverse contains the \"Gidsen Gebed\" — the prayer of the Catholic Girl Guides movement, with the motto \"Weest bereid\" (Be Prepared) as its central theme.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePieter Geraedts (1900-1980) was a Dutch painter and illustrator known for his religious works in a personal, modernising style that broke with the sweet sentimentality of traditional devotional art. The combination of his work with the Girl Guides Prayer on the reverse places this card in the context of the Catholic youth movement in the Netherlands, likely from the 1940s or 1950s. The card is in good condition with light yellowing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Collectionist","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56685529235780,"sku":null,"price":9.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0530\/1442\/9896\/files\/img20260410_19195890.jpg?v=1776773612"},{"product_id":"devotieprentje-sint-franciscus-eggenfelden-beieren","title":"Devotional card Saint Francis of Assisi - gilded monastery church figure Eggenfelden, Bavaria","description":"\u003cp\u003eDevotional card with a colour photographic reproduction of a gilded wooden figure of Saint Francis of Assisi, displayed in a round-arched niche with a golden glory of rays in the monastery church of Eggenfelden, Bavaria. The saint is shown in Franciscan habit, holding a cross in one hand and extending an open hand in a welcoming gesture. The photograph was taken by Zunhammer, Pfr. The reverse contains the \"Segen des Heiligen Franziskus\" in German, based on the Aaronic blessing from the Book of Numbers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEggenfelden is a town in Lower Bavaria whose Franciscan monastery church served as an important local centre of devotion. Cards of this type were issued as mementos of a visit to the monastery or as devotional material for the surrounding faithful. The plain presentation of the reverse and the quality of the photographic reproduction suggest a publication from the 1950s or 1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Collectionist","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56685533495620,"sku":null,"price":6.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0530\/1442\/9896\/files\/img20260410_19215164.jpg?v=1776773648"},{"product_id":"antiek-devotieprentje-sint-antonius-chromolithografie-1900","title":"Antique devotional card Saint Anthony of Padua - chromolithograph with deckled edge, ca. 1900","description":"\u003cp\u003eAntique devotional card of Saint Anthony of Padua with the Christ Child, executed as a chromolithograph on linen-textured paper with a deckled edge. The illustration shows the saint in Franciscan habit, holding the child in his arms, surrounded by a gold-printed Gothic frame with a floral motif in blue and green. The Latin caption reads: \"S. Antonius de Padua. O Deus, ego amo te.\" The card bears the number 257 and a small publisher's rosette at lower left. The reverse is blank.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDevotional cards with deckled edges and linen texture are characteristic of chromolithographic production from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, produced primarily in Belgian, French and German workshops. The deckled edge technique — machine-punched — was a standard element that gave the cards an elegant, textile-like character. The card is in good condition with light yellowing and a small mark to the right; the colours have remained vivid.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Collectionist","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56685539754308,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0530\/1442\/9896\/files\/img20260410_19225863.jpg?v=1776773680"},{"product_id":"devotieprentje-sint-antonius-kunst-adelt-maastricht-huisvrouw","title":"Devotional card Saint Anthony of Padua - Housewife's Prayer, Kunst-Adelt Maastricht","description":"\u003cp\u003eDevotional card with on the front a colour reproduction of Saint Anthony of Padua, kneeling and lifting the Christ Child in adoration, against a warm ochre background. The illustration is signed \"Asdri\" and published by Kunst-Adelt in Maastricht (nr. 2711), printed in Holland. The reverse contains the \"Gebed voor de Huisvrouw\" (Housewife's Prayer), a three-stanza poem connecting ordinary domestic tasks — cooking, washing, scrubbing floors — to Christian devotion. The card bears the number K.288.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKunst-Adelt was a Maastricht publisher of religious printed matter active in the first half of the twentieth century, known for its quality lithographic cards for the Dutch Catholic market. The Housewife's Prayer places this card in a specific context: the Catholic housewife who understood her daily labour as an act of prayer — a spirituality widely present in popular devotion from the 1930s to the 1950s. The card is in good condition with light yellowing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Collectionist","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56685545029956,"sku":null,"price":9.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0530\/1442\/9896\/files\/img20260410_19241728.jpg?v=1776773722"},{"product_id":"professiekaartje-zuster-maria-vicentiana-tilburg-1916","title":"Religious profession card Sr. Maria Vicentiana - Tilburg 1916, Saint Anthony after Feuerstein","description":"\u003cp\u003eDevotional card issued to mark the Holy Profession of the Reverend Sister Maria Vicentiana, born Cornelia Vorselaars, in the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady Mother of Mercy in Tilburg, on 6 September 1916. The front shows a colour reproduction of Saint Anthony of Padua with the Christ Child on an open book, after a painting by German artist M. Feuerstein, published by the Gesellschaft für christliche Kunst in Munich (nr. 86). The biblical caption reads: \"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God\" (Matt. 5). The reverse contains the announcement text with quotations from the Psalms, Augustine and the Magnificat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady Mother of Mercy was founded in Tilburg in 1832 and was one of the major Dutch female congregations devoted to education and care. The card dates from the second year of the First World War — a context that lends particular weight to the choice of religious life. The card shows signs of use appropriate to its age of over a century, including folds, yellowing and staining.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Collectionist","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56685549191492,"sku":null,"price":13.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0530\/1442\/9896\/files\/img20260410_19252395.jpg?v=1776773753"},{"product_id":"devotieprentje-sint-antonius-barok-eggenfelden-beieren","title":"Devotional card gilded baroque figure Saint Anthony of Padua - monastery church Eggenfelden, Bavaria","description":"\u003cp\u003eDevotional card with a colour photographic reproduction of a gilded baroque wooden sculpture of Saint Anthony of Padua with the Christ Child, housed in the monastery church of Eggenfelden, Bavaria. The figure shows the saint in an animated, forward-leaning posture with an outstretched arm, holding the child close, crowned by a dark wooden glory. The expressive drapery and dynamic composition are characteristic of South German baroque sculpture. The photograph was taken by Zunhammer, Pfr. The reverse contains the German Antony responsory \"Willst du schauen Wunderzeichen\", supplemented by an antiphon and closing prayer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis card belongs to the same series as the devotional card of the Saint Francis figure from the monastery church of Eggenfelden, also photographed by Zunhammer. The combination of baroque sculpture and liturgical text was a standard format for devotional material distributed on-site to pilgrims and visitors to the Franciscan monastery. Probable dating: 1950s or 1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Collectionist","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56685551583556,"sku":null,"price":6.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0530\/1442\/9896\/files\/img20260410_19263539.jpg?v=1776773786"},{"product_id":"devotieprentje-sint-jozef-barok-vachendorf-beieren","title":"Devotional card Saint Joseph with Christ Child - polychrome baroque statue Vachendorf Bavaria, Zunhammer","description":"\u003cp\u003eDevotional card with a colour photographic reproduction of a polychrome and gilded baroque statue of Saint Joseph, housed in the Pfarrkirche of Vachendorf in Upper Bavaria. The figure shows Joseph in green robes with a golden mantle, holding the Christ Child, carrying a lily and surrounded by a golden glory. The base bears the inscription \"St. JOSEPH\". The photograph was taken by Engelbert Zunhammer, Pfr. The reverse contains the German family prayer \"Zum hl. 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The quotation from Teresa of Ávila — one of the most frequently cited statements on Josephine devotion in German-language Catholic literature — lends this simple card an unexpected theological weight.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Collectionist","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56685555974468,"sku":null,"price":6.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0530\/1442\/9896\/files\/img20260410_19274288.jpg?v=1776773815"},{"product_id":"devotiekaartje-nossa-senhora-fatima-engelengebed","title":"Holy card Nossa Senhora de Fátima Angel's Prayer Portugal","description":"\u003cp\u003ePortuguese holy card of Nossa Senhora de Fátima, issued in the second half of the twentieth or early twenty-first century by a Portuguese publisher of religious imagery, with serial number 001-146-PT printed lower right on the reverse. The front shows the statue of the Virgin of Fátima as venerated in the Capelinha das Aparições, crowned with the jewelled diadem given in 1942 by the women of Portugal. The image is set against a pale green ground with a geometric lattice pattern, with the invocation and the sanctuary logo at left. The card is in good condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe reverse carries the Oração do Anjo, the prayer that according to tradition was taught in 1916 by the Angel of Portugal to the three shepherd children Lúcia, Francisco and Jacinta at Loca do Cabeço, preceding the Marian apparitions of 1917 at Cova da Iria. The prayer invokes the Holy Trinity and asks for the conversion of sinners, a central theme of Fátima spirituality. Cards of this kind are sold at the bookshops and stalls around the sanctuary of Fátima and travel, through pilgrims, throughout the Portuguese-speaking world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Collectionist","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56717719634244,"sku":null,"price":6.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0530\/1442\/9896\/files\/devotiekaartje-nossa-senhora-fatima-engelengebed.jpg?v=1777803333"},{"product_id":"devotiekaartje-heilig-hart-jezus-bonella","title":"Holy card Sacred Heart of Jesus Fratelli Bonella Milan","description":"\u003cp\u003eItalian holy card of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, issued by Fratelli Bonella of Milan, bearing serial number 744-I.G.1 and the FB anchor mark on the reverse. The card likely dates from the third quarter of the twentieth century, when Bonella distributed this chromolithographic imagery on a large scale to parishes across Italy, France, Belgium and the Netherlands. The image is set within a gilded neo-Renaissance border decorated with grape clusters, ears of wheat and a central cross. The reverse is blank. The card is in good condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChrist is shown frontally, his right hand pointing to the flaming heart encircled by the crown of thorns and surmounted by a cross, his left hand raised in blessing. Devotion to the Sacred Heart, formalised after the visions of Margaret Mary Alacoque at Paray-le-Monial in 1673, was inscribed by Pope Pius IX as a universal feast in the Roman calendar in 1856 and grew during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries into one of the most widespread forms of Catholic piety. Between 1950 and 1980 Bonella ranked among the leading Italian publishers of such cards, supplying parishes for baptisms, first communions, confirmations and funeral remembrances.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Collectionist","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56717727039812,"sku":null,"price":8.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0530\/1442\/9896\/files\/devotiekaartje-heilig-hart-jezus-bonella.jpg?v=1777804014"},{"product_id":"devotiekaartje-antonius-padua-bonella-aurora","title":"Holy card Anthony of Padua Fratelli Bonella Aurora","description":"\u003cp\u003eItalian holy card of Saint Anthony of Padua, issued by Fratelli Bonella of Milan in the Aurora series under number 26, bearing the FB anchor mark on the reverse. The card likely dates from the third quarter of the twentieth century, when Bonella's Aurora series, with its softened naturalistic imagery, became the standard for Italian parish cards. The reverse is blank. The card is in good condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnthony is shown in the brown Franciscan habit with hood and corded girdle bearing a rosary, the Christ Child resting on his left arm and an open book held between the two figures. White lilies bloom in the foreground, the traditional attribute of purity that has accompanied him since the seventeenth century; the background opens onto a lightly wooded plain in pastel tones. Anthony of Padua, born in Lisbon in 1195 and died in Padua in 1231, ranks among the most widely invoked saints of Latin Christendom and is especially called upon to recover lost objects, a tradition rooted in a fourteenth-century account of a recovered psalter. Bonella's Aurora series carried this imagery from Italy into parishes across the Netherlands and Belgium.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Collectionist","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56717729792324,"sku":null,"price":8.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0530\/1442\/9896\/files\/devotiekaartje-antonius-padua-bonella-aurora.jpg?v=1777804183"},{"product_id":"devotiekaartje-nossa-senhora-fatima-santuario","title":"Holy card Nossa Senhora de Fátima Angel's Prayer Santuário","description":"\u003cp\u003ePortuguese holy card of Nossa Senhora de Fátima, issued under the reserve of the sanctuary (Edizione Riservata del Santuario) with the ecclesiastical approval of Joannes, Bishop of Leiria, and the IMF-P mark on the reverse. The card likely dates from the second half of the twentieth century. The front shows, within an oval medallion, the apparition of the Virgin as described in the visions of 1917, with the three kneeling shepherd children Lúcia, Jacinta and Francisco below. The whole is set within a golden yellow cartouche with green volutes and scalloped edges. The card is in good condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe reverse carries the Oração do Anjo, the prayer that according to tradition was taught in 1916 by the Angel of Portugal to the three shepherd children at Loca do Cabeço, preceding the Marian apparitions of 1917 at Cova da Iria. The prayer invokes the Holy Trinity and asks for the conversion of sinners. The mention Edizione Riservata indicates an Italian printing commissioned by the Portuguese sanctuary, a practice common into the nineteen-eighties whereby Italian publishers of religious imagery supplied devotional cards to the great Marian pilgrimage sites across Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Collectionist","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56717735985476,"sku":null,"price":9.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0530\/1442\/9896\/files\/devotiekaartje-nossa-senhora-fatima-santuario.jpg?v=1777805036"},{"product_id":"devotiekaartje-heilig-hart-jezus-bonella-gestanst","title":"Holy card Sacred Heart of Jesus Fratelli Bonella die-cut","description":"\u003cp\u003eItalian holy card of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, issued by Fratelli Bonella of Milan, bearing serial number 197-I.G.1 and the FB anchor mark on the reverse. The card has a die-cut edge with scalloped contours and an inlaid gilt linework framing the image, an execution generally attributed within the Bonella corpus to the nineteen-fifties and sixties. The reverse is blank. The card is in good condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChrist is shown frontally, both arms opened in a gesture of welcome, draped in a red mantle over a pale tunic, with the flaming heart at his breast encircled by the crown of thorns and surmounted by a cross. Behind him opens a wide mountainous landscape under a golden evening sky, a compositional variant often employed during the twentieth century to align the figure of the Sacred Heart with that of Christus Salvator Mundi. Devotion to the Sacred Heart, formalised after the visions of Margaret Mary Alacoque at Paray-le-Monial in 1673 and inscribed by Pope Pius IX as a universal feast in 1856, received in the post-war period, through Italian publishers such as Bonella, a refined graphic codification distributed across the parishes of the Latin world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Collectionist","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56717738279236,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0530\/1442\/9896\/files\/devotiekaartje-heilig-hart-jezus-bonella-gestanst.jpg?v=1777805274"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0530\/1442\/9896\/collections\/devotiekaartje-antonius-padua-bonella-aurora.jpg?v=1777804287","url":"https:\/\/thecollectionist.nl\/en\/collections\/devotionalia.oembed","provider":"The Collectionist","version":"1.0","type":"link"}