Vita et miracvla sanctiss.mi patris Benedicti : ex libro ii dialogorum beati Gregorii papae et monachi collecta : et ad instantiam deuotorum monachorum congregationis eiusdem s.ti Benedicti Hispaniarum aeneis tÿpis accuratissimè delineata
A 1579 Roman illustrated life of Saint Benedict of Nursia, drawn from Pope Gregory I's Dialogues and gathered for the Spanish monks of Benedict's congregation, with Latin captions beneath each plate. The engravings show Benedict's miracles in tidy architectural settings with clear figure groupings, and a designer could draw on their staging, crowd arrangements and Counter-Reformation religious drama.
