Selectae Christiani orbis deliciae ex vrbibus, templis, bibliothecis, et aliunde
Selectae Christiani orbis deliciae is a 1608 anthology of Latin epitaphs and inscriptions gathered from churches, cities and libraries, compiled by Franciscus Sweertius of Antwerp and published in Cologne by Bernardus Gualterus. The first picture is a dense ornamental initial V framed by foliage and scrollwork beside printed Latin text, and the second is a title page with a central cartouche flanked by winged figures and a grotesque, showing how Baroque framing devices can organise text into a symmetrical, authoritative block.
