Inside Out Library · Explore

Petrou Kanisiou tou tēs Etaireias Iēsou theologou Katēchismos eikonismenos

Canisius, Petrus, Saint, 1521-1597, author, Mayr, Georg, 1564-1623, translator · 1613 · Etypōthē en tē Augousē : ōra tō Christophorō Mangō · 56 pictures

A 1613 illustrated Greek-language Catholic catechism by Saint Peter Canisius, translated by Georg Mayr and printed in Augsburg for a readership of Greek-speaking clergy and students. Its small framed woodcuts show biblical and moral scenes with Greek captions beneath, set on pages with running heads, offering a designer compact figure groupings, draped interiors and clear narrative staging in a restrained engraved manner.

Catholic Church

Internet Archive · Getty Research Institute · Public domain (published before 1931) · More from this library