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A Swedish clergyman showing the chalice to children at their first communion. Wood engraving after E. Oehme, 1881.

Christians in the catacombs celebrate the communion, threatened by Roman soldiers who are descending the stairs behind them. Lithograph after A. Leloir.

Angels venerating a monstrance. Coloured lithograph, 1842.

The communion as practiced by the Anabaptists: two scenes. Etching by J.V. Schley, 1736.

The eye of God, with the dove of the Holy Spirit, the Sacred Hearts of Christ and the Virgin, and the Eucharist, venerated by a male saint and Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque; below, the Visitation with Joseph and Zacharias. Engraving by A.A. Bourgeois de la Richardiere.

Is it safe? : the chalice and AIDS / Terrence Higgins Trust.

The sacrament of the Roman Catholic church: holy communion. Etching after B. Picart.

A Catholic communion. Wood engraving by H. Linton after E.-G. Bocourt.

The sense of taste: diners around a feasting table containing a swan and a human skeleton, above, scenes of communion and Abraham and the three angels. Engraving after G. Collaert, 1630, after N. van der Horst.

The Institution of the Eucharist. Engraving by J. Keller after F. Overbeck.

The Eucharist venerated by Saint Bonaventure and Saint Anthony of Padua; surrounded by related symbols, texts and doctrines. Etching by F. Villamena, 1598, after Antonio Tempesta.

Exercitatio academica, de reliquiis sacramenti in matrimonialibus ubi ostenditur, recte quidem reiectum esse a nostris, theologis pariter & ictis, illud pontificiorum dogma, quo matrimonium dicitur sacramentum ... / Dirigente Io. Samuele Strykio ... ; in forma dissertationis a Io. Philippem Odelem ... habita ; cui nunc accessit index rerum et materiorum uberrimus.

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The Eucharist venerated by Saint Bonaventure and Saint Anthony of Padua; surrounded by related symbols, texts and doctrines. Etching by F. Villamena, 1598, after Antonio Tempesta.

A Catholic communion. Wood engraving by H. Linton after E.-G. Bocourt.

A Swedish clergyman showing the chalice to children at their first communion. Wood engraving after E. Oehme, 1881.

Angels venerating a monstrance. Coloured lithograph, 1842.