De profanis et sacris veteribvs ritibvs: De profanis et sacris veteribvs ritibvs; [1]

Casali, Giovanni Battista · 1644 · 43 pictures

A 1644 Latin treatise on ancient profane and sacred rites by the Roman writer Giovanni Battista Casali, illustrated with small engraved and woodcut vignettes, many of them emblematic. The pictures are compact decorative devices: a flowering urn with scrolled handles, heraldic cardinal's hat shields with tasselled cords, and paired coins stamped with a female head and a bird-headed figure. A designer could draw on their symmetrical framing, tassel and cord borders, and classical lettering set in circular medallion rims.

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