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De coronis et tonsuris paganorum, Iudaeorum, Christianorum, libri tres, : ad lucem historiae sacr[a]e & profanae.

Stellartius, Prosper, -1626 · 1625 · Duaci [Douai] : Typis Baltazaris Belleri sub Circino Aureo · 3 pictures

A Latin treatise on crowns, hairstyles and tonsures among pagans, Jews and Christians, written by Prosper Stellartius and printed at Douai in 1625 for scholars of sacred and profane history. Its pictures are small woodcut and engraved figures of people in historical dress and hair, plus a circular medallion portrait of a bearded man labelled FRANCVS, useful to a designer as a catalogue of period costume and hairstyle types.

Crowns · Haircutting · Haircutting -- Mexico · Haircutting -- Peru · Barbering · Hair · Beards · Tonsure · Imprint 1625

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