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Hell laid open

Artist: Isidro Paulino
Title: Hell laid open
Date: 1814
Medium: Engraving. Published in Ang infiernong na carucas. Sampaloc, Manila: Imprenta del Convento de N.S. de Loreto, 1814. This is a Tagalog translation, by Paul Klein (Pablo Clain) S.J. (1652-1717), of Giovanni Pietro Pinamonti S.J. (1632-1703) L'Inferno aperto al cristiano perche non v'entri[.] It was originally published in 1713, where the engraving was signed Fr. Placidus O. Min. sculpsit —presumably a reference to Placidus de Valcio (née Placyd Walczak) O.F.M. (1662-1728). It was republished in 1841 and 1886, the latter in Guadalupe, Cebu City, at the Imprenta del Asilo de los Huérfanos.
Location: Antigua Imprenta del Convento de Nuestra Señora de Loreto
Photo Source: PESSCA Archive
Correspondence Credit: Almerindo Ojeda
Item: 5279B