Sts Cosmas and Damian – by Johann Ulrich Wechtlin – Woodcut – Catholic Art Print – Archival Quality Photo of Saint Either way

Either way

What we have to do with them is that we respond to God's promptings

It reminds me that Jesus is not a part of my life

that she can intervene on our behalf before her Son

He was a Bishop in the 4th Century in a town called Myra of present-day Turkey

Sts Cosmas and Damian – by Johann Ulrich Wechtlin – Woodcut – Catholic Art Print – Archival Quality Photo of Saint Either wayThis fascinating German woodcut was the title page from a 1517 medical handbook, invoking Saints Cosmas and Damian. The intricate and expressive woodcut is enhanced with simple but engaging hand painted watercolors. We have looked at this picture many times, spent hours restoring it, and it still gives us pleasure. The medical handbook, in use for over 100 years, was by Hans von Gersdorff. The title was Feldtbuch der Wundtartzney, literally Field Book