Considerationes de vulnere (Considerations regarding the pentalpha and the five wounds)

Dearly beloved friends: I am sending you this engraving which appeared in a book written by the Jesuit Willem de Wael van Vronesteyn (1583-1659) and which was entitled Corona sacratíssimorum Iesu Christi Vulnerum (1694), ‘Crown of the most sacred wounds of Jesus Christ', in chapter 10, entitled “Vulnera Christi Medicina animarum”, ‘The wounds of Christ are the medicine of souls’. The illustrations were made by Peter Danoot from drawings by the Flemish painter Anthonis Sallaert (1594-1650). Thus, in this way, we can subtitle our …