Virgo Immaculata

Apparently an image of Mother Mary and the baby Jesus, standing on a crescent moon. Thus, the image reminds of Mary as Stella Mater, mother of the stars. Tracing board for the Memphis-Misraim “Chevalier du Soleil” (51th degree) below left.

There is a very similar “Chevalier du Soleil tracing board that can be found in the Bibliotheque Nationale de France (below right). There the virgin looks a bit different and -interestingly- there she is accompanied by the word “anima”.

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