Primeira[-quarta] parte da historia de S. Domingos : particular do reino e conquistas de Portugal

Cacegas, Luís de, approximately 1540-1610, Sousa, Luís de, 1555?-1632, Encarnacao, Antonio da, d. 1665, Santa Catarina, Lucas de, 1660-1740, Schorquens, Juan, active 1618-1630 · 1623 · [Lisbon] : Impressa no Conuento de S. Dos. de Bemfica por Giraldo de Vinha · 5 pictures

A 1623 Portuguese religious history of the Dominican order and its houses in Portugal, compiled by Luís de Cacegas and Luís de Sousa and printed at the Dominican convent of Benfica near Lisbon for a clerical and devout readership. The pictures are letterpress pages showing ornate woodcut initials built from interlaced scrolls, leaves and flowers, plus a strapwork frieze with cherubs and a central IHS monogram, useful for designers seeking early modern decorative capitals and border ornament.

Dominicans

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