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Delle chroniche de' Frati minori : parte seconda, diuisa in dieci libri, nella quale si contiene quello, che occorse nella religione del padre san Francesco, nel tempo di ventiquattro ministri generali, per lo spatio d'anni centocinquanta.

Marcos, da Lisboa, Bishop, 1511-1591 · 1606 · In Venetia., : Appresso ; Gioliti. · 4 pictures

A 1606 Venetian chronicle of the Franciscan friars minor, written by Marcos of Lisbon, a bishop, and printed by the Giolito press in Venice for a religious readership. Its pictures are letterpiece woodcuts: a repeated foliate and mask ornamental frieze with urns and scrolls, and large decorative initial capitals with floral and vine interiors, offering designers ready-made border strips and dropped-cap letterforms for period-style layouts.

Franciscans -- History

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