Icvncvlae beatae Ioannae francorvm reginae, ordinis B. Mariae fundatricis, vitam, sanctitatem, miracula, mortem in parte repraesentantes
This is a 1618 Antwerp book of engraved plates by Karel van Mallery after Henricus Sedulius, depicting the life, miracles and death of Joan of France, queen of Louis XII who founded the Annunciation order. It was made for devotional readers and religious patrons. The pictures are dense black-and-white engravings with architectural interiors, crowded groups of kneeling and gesturing figures, and inscribed Latin captions below, offering a designer ideas for layered crowd compositions, arches and draped bed canopies.
