hagiographic prints

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Scope note
Christian devotional prints made primarily for wide public distribution, depicting a saint or events in the saint's life. Such prints date from the Middle Ages and later. They were sometimes distributed as mementos for accomplishing a pilgrimage to a sacred site associated with the saint.
hagiographic prints
Accepted term: 29-Apr-2024