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Pompe funebri di tutte le nationi del mondo : raccolte dalle storie sagre et profane

Perucci, Francesco, d. 1647, Porro, Girolamo, 1520-1604 · 1646 · In Verona : Per Francesco Rossi · 44 pictures

A 1646 Italian compendium of funeral customs from around the world, compiled by Francesco Perucci from sacred and profane histories and published in Verona by Francesco Rossi. Its pictures are small black-and-white engravings showing burials, processions, bier carrying, and sacrificial rites in classical-looking settings with columns, temples, and crowds, offering a designer dense, rhythmic compositions of figures and architecture for period-style scenes.

Funeral rites and ceremonies

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