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Cleri totius Romanae ecclesiae subiecti, seu, Pontificiorvm ordinvm omnivm omnino vtrivsqve sexvs, habitvs, artificiosissimis figuris, quibus Francisci Modii singula octosticha adiecta sunt, nunc primùm à Ivdoco Ammanno expressi: neqve vnquam antehac similiter editi. Addito libello singvlari eivsdem Francisci Modij Brug. in quo cuiusque ordinis ecclesiastici origo, progressus & vestitus ratio breuiter ex variis historicis delineatur

Modius, François, 1556-1597, Amman, Jost, 1539-1591 · 1585 · Francoforti, Sumptib. Sigismundi Feyrabendij · 108 pictures

A 1585 Frankfurt book of woodcut figures by Jost Amman with verses by François Modius, showing the clergy and religious orders of the Roman Church in their habits for a Latin-reading clerical and scholarly public. The four figures show robed churchmen in long cloaks and hoods, some holding books or keys, set against sketched plants and ground, offering a designer a catalogue of historical clerical costume and gesture.

Catholic Church · Church vestments · Monasticism and religious orders · Clergy

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