ABSTRACT

While apparently unique, the sheet can still be considered an ‘everyday object’. It may indeed be only one survivor of a mass-produced run; more significantly, it is representative of a general class of devotional sheets which were widely distributed across Europe, to be encountered in a range of seĴings from churches to private chambers. As both a distinct combination of text and image, and as a representative of a broader genre, it raises questions about text and image, in conjunction and separately, even in isolation.