Bavaria sancta

Rader, Matthäus, Rader, Matthäus [Hrsg.] · 1627 · 46 pictures

Bavaria sancta is a 1627 Latin-German book by the Jesuit historian Matthäus Rader, a collection of saints' lives and sacred history of Bavaria, aimed at clergy and devout readers. Its pictures are small woodcut ornamental headpieces showing a central putto flanked by scrolls, masks and foliage, a compact motif a designer could adapt for decorative borders, title pages or vignettes.

Cicognara · Parte Prima · Biblie figurate, Vite istoriate, Collezioni di Ritratti antiche e moderne, ed altre Opere figurate di vario genere

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