Joh. Baptistae Casalii Romani De profanis et sacris veteribus ritibus opus tripartitum : cujus prima pars agit de profanis Ægyptiorum ritibus ... ; secunda pars agit de profanis Romanorum ritibus ... ; tertia pars agit de sacris Christianorum ritibus ... ; accedunt indices capitum, rerum item & verborum copiosissimi, & accuratissimi
A 1681 Latin treatise by the Roman scholar Giovanni Battista Casali on ancient profane and Christian rites, published in Frankfurt and Hannover by Thomas Heinrich Hauenstein for scholars and clergy. The pictures are small engraved diagrams of crosses with numbered medallions, emblematic panels with birds, lambs and foliage, and ornamental bands of scrolling acanthus. A designer might draw on their symmetrical cross layouts and dense baroque scrollwork for borders, dividers or emblem-style frames.
