Catena aurea virtutum episcopalium :
anathema diuinae gloriae ad aras caelestium gratiarum affixum : nec non reverendissimo atque illustrissimo S. Rom. Imperii principi ac domino, D. Francisco Guilielmo episcopo Osnabrugensi et Verdensi, praeposito Ratisbonensi etc., comiti de Wartenberg, domino in Waldt, &c. : cum anno reparatae salutis humanae M.DC.XXXI. novi episcopatus Mindensis, novam mitram, clavemq[ue] sibi a sanctiss. d. n. Urbano papa VIII. oblatam ab invictissimo imperatore Ferdinando II. confirmatam, acceptaret, oblatum ac consecratum ab eiusdem Suae Celsitudinis Collegio Societatis Jesu Osnabrugi fundato.
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Latin
- Published
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Osnabrugianis typis : In officina episcopali Martini Mannij, [1631]
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Includes errata, last p.
Each page of text within double border of printer's ornaments. Woodcut head- and tail-pieces, factotum initials.
Folded leaf (38.5 x 31 cm.) printed red & black. Words in praise of Wartenberg are arranged on the recto to form the crossed keys of the diocese of Minden's arms, on the verso to form a labyrinth with woodcut of Christ at center.
Seven engraved emblematic ill. (11.5 x 15.2 cm.) printed separately and mounted in place. All have the same wide border with allegories of the virtues in a wreath, etc., the central ovals being printed from separate plates.
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[72] p., [1] folded leaf ;
30 cm. (fol.)
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