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The church where the host is kept burns down, but the host remains unharmed, 8
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The church where the host is kept burns down but the host remains unharmed. In the foreground mourning onlookers. Print no. 8 from the series of 16 scenes of The Miracle of Amsterdam, based on the events of 15 March 1345. Copies after the series by Bolswert. Below the scene in the plate engraved a six-line verse in Latin, below that a six-line verse in book print in Dutch.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineDe kerk waar de hostie wordt bewaard brandt af maar de hostie blijft gespaard, 8. 1639 - 1699. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.