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Vita mirabilis et mors pretiosa venerabilis sororis Rosae de S. Maria Limensis ex Tertio ordine S.P. Dominici : ad sanctissimum D.N. Alexandrum VII. Pontificem Max

Hansen, Leonhard, 1603-1685, Tinassi, Nicol' Angelo, printer · 1664 · Romae : Typis Nicolai Angeli Tinassij · 6 pictures

A 1664 Latin hagiography of Saint Rose of Lima, written by Leonhard Hansen and printed in Rome by Nicolò Angelo Tinassi for Pope Alexander VII. The pictures are small woodcut decorations: a framed initial V enclosed in foliage and ribbon borders, and winged cherub heads with curled hair and feathered wings, cut in a crisp, dense black line that a designer could borrow for emblem-style ornament, corner pieces, or devotional frames.

Rose, of Lima, Saint, 1586-1617

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