Preces ac meditationes piae in mysteria Passionis ac Resurrectionis D. N. Iesu Xp̄i

Scherer, Georg, 1539-1605, compiler, Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528, artist, Haen, Willem de, active 17th century, engraver, Velpius, Rutger, active 1565-1614, printer, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) · 1612 · Brvxellae, Apud R. Velpium, 1612. · 26 pictures

A Latin devotional book of prayers and meditations on the Passion and Resurrection of Christ, compiled by Georg Scherer and printed in Brussels in 1612 by Rutger Velpius for Catholic readers. Its pages are framed engravings after Albrecht Dürer's Passion scenes, cut in fine black-and-white line with dense crosshatching, and a designer could draw on their dramatic crowded groupings, gestures and dark architectural settings.

Belgium · Brussels · Early works to 1800 · Jesus Christ · Meditations · Passion · Resurrection

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