Zodiacus Christianus, das ist Christelicher Himmelcirckel, oder, zwölff Zeichen bey welche[n] ein ieder Christ erkenne[n] vnd schliessen kan, ob er von Gott zum ewigen Leben fürsehen vnd erwölet oder nicht : sampt XII schöne[n] Figuren, durch welche bemelte Zeiche[n] für Augen gestelt werden

Drexel, Jeremias, 1581-1638, Kern, Thomas, fl. 1623, Sadeler, Raphael, ca. 1560-ca. 1632 · 1624 · München : Bey Raphaël Sadeler · 19 pictures

Zodiacus Christianus is a 1624 Munich devotional emblem book by Jeremias Drexel, with engravings by Raphael Sadeler, written to help Christian readers reflect on predestination through twelve signs. The pictures are fine line engravings of a tree, an anchor, a skull and candle on a table, and a lute, each set in a landscape or still life. A designer might take the compact emblematic arrangements of single objects with Latin captions as a model for symbolic composition.

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