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Ledisma, Jacobus, 1519-1575 · 1630 · A Rouen, : chez Richard L'Allemant, pres le College. · 2 pictures

A Catholic devotional catechism by Jacobus Ledesma, printed at Rouen in 1630 by Richard L'Allemant, and recorded with Wyandot language and Indian linguistics subjects, so likely aimed at missionary instruction. The two pictures are woodcut ornaments: one shows a winged putto among leafy scrolls and birds in a horizontal strip, the other a framed IHS monogram in a radiating sunburst with cartouche borders, both offering dense, ornamental line work for decorative borders and emblem-style layouts.

Catholic Church · Wyandot language · Indian linguistics

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