Historiarvm seraphicae religionis libri tres, seriem temporum continentes, quibus breui explicantur fundamenta, uniuersiq[ue] ordinis amplificatio, gradus, et instituta; nec non uiri scientia, uirtutibus, et fama praeclari

Ridolfi, Pietro, Bp. of Senigallia, d. 1601 · 1586 · Venetijs, Apud Franciscum de Franciscis Senensem · 59 pictures

A 1586 Venetian history of the Franciscan order by Pietro Ridolfi, Bishop of Senigallia, printed by Francesco de Franciscis for a religious readership studying the order's founders and holy friars. The four framed pictures are woodcut scenes set inside ornate strapwork borders with putti, masks and Latin verse captions, showing biblical-style gatherings, a kneeling saint and an interior with a bed. A designer could take the decorative cartouches, grotesque masks and framed narrative panels as models for historical title pages and captioned plates.

Franciscans -- History · Franciscans -- Biography

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