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Virorum illustrium ex ordine eremitarum D. Augustini elogia : cum singulorvm expressis ad viuum iconibus

Corte, Corneille de, 1590?-1638, Galle, Cornelis, 1576-1650 · 1636 · Antuerpiae : Apud Ioannem Cnobbarm · 35 pictures

A 1636 Antwerp book of engraved portrait medallions of illustrious Augustinian hermits, with Latin biographical captions, made by engravers Corneille de Corte and Cornelis Galle for a religious readership. The pictures are bust-length oval portraits of bearded friars in dark hooded habits, set in ornate cartouche frames with scrollwork, cherubs and shell crests that a designer could borrow for decorative framing.

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