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Vitae romanorvm pontificvm a D. Petro vsqve ad Clementem VIII : ex Platinae historia in epitomen redactae, ac iuxta Onuphrij Paniunij eremitae augustiniani censionem ordinatae : his praeter alia accesserunt eorundem pontificum imagines ad viuum expressae, labore & industria Ioannis a Glano leodicensis incisae

Platina, 1421-1481 · 1597 · Leodii [Liège] : Ex officina Henrici Houij · 72 pictures

A 1597 Latin book of papal biographies printed in Liège, compiled from Platina's history and Onuphrius Panvinius's revision, with portraits of popes cut by Jan van Glen for a general readership. Its pictures are small framed woodcut busts in profile and three-quarter view, with flat cross-hatched shading, shields, papal keys and tiaras, and clerical robes, offering a designer a consistent model for compact portrait medallions and heraldic detailing.

Popes -- Biography -- Early works to 1800 · Popes -- Biography -- Portraits -- Early works to 1800 · Papacy -- History -- Early works to 1800

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