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Joannis Physiophili Opuscula : continent monachologiam, accusationem physiophili, defensionem physiophili, anatomiam monachi

Born, Ignaz, Edler von, 1742-1791 · 1784 · Augustae Vindelicorum : Sumtibus editoris · 5 pictures

A Latin satirical tract on monks and monastic life, written under the pseudonym Joannis Physiophilus by Ignaz von Born and published in Augsburg in 1784 for a learned, anti-clerical readership. Its plates are numbered engravings of monastic garments: cowls, hoods, scapulars, belts, and sandals, drawn as separate pieces with figure numbers, offering a designer clean, systematic studies of cloth folds and draped fabric.

Monastic and religious life · Monasticism and religious orders · Anti-Catholicism

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