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Agiologio lusitano dos sanctos e varoens illustres em virtude do reino de Portugal e suas conquistas

Cardoso, Jorge, 1609-1669, Sousa, António Caetano de, 1674-1759, Oliveira, Henrique Valente d', Craesbeeck de Mello, Antonio, -approximately 1687, Oficina Craesbeeckiana, Officina Sylviana, Officina da Academia Real · 1651 · Em Lisboa : Na officina Craesbeekiana · 18 pictures

Agiologio lusitano is a 1651 Portuguese hagiography of saints and illustrious men of Portugal and its conquests, compiled by Jorge Cardoso and printed in Lisbon by Craesbeeck's workshop for a Catholic readership. Its pictures are decorative woodcut initials in framed square blocks, with foliage, scrolls and interlaced letterforms that a designer could adapt for monograms, capitals or ornamental borders.

Catholic Church · Saints

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