Asma poeticum Litaniaru[m] Lauretanarum : [in quo singulis titulis emblemata cum carmine respondent]

Stoergler, Peter, 1595-1642, Catholic Church. Litany of Loreto · 1636 · Lincii Austriae [Linz, Austria] : Typis Joannis Paltauff · 34 pictures

Asma poeticum is a 1636 Latin emblem book printed at Linz, Austria, by Johannes Paltauff, with verses by Peter Stoergler on the Litany of Loreto, made for Catholic readers devoted to the Virgin Mary. Each small engraved plate pairs a Marian title with a scene and a short Latin verse beneath it. Designers can take from them the compact, one-image-per-title layout, with a framed emblem above and caption text below, plus the dense, finely hatched line engraving typical of the 1630s.

Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint

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