Historia B. Platinae de vitis pontificum Romanorum : a D.N. Jesu Christo usque ad Paulum II. venetum papam : longe' quam antea emendatior, doctissimarumq[ue] annotationum Onuphrii Panuinii accessione nunc illustrior reddita : cui, eiusdem Onuphrii accurata atque fideli operâ, reliquorum pontificum vitae, usq[ue] ad Pium V. & Antonii Ciccarellae, usq[ue] ad Clementem VIII. qui hodiè sanctæ Romanae Catholicae ecclesiae præsidet, adiunctæ sunt : accesserunt nunc demum omnium pontificum verae effigies : omnia summo studio emendata & correcta

Platina, 1421-1481, Panvinio, Onofrio, 1529-1568, Ciccarelli, Antonio, d. 1599, Wolter, Bernhard, fl. 1598-1634, publisher, Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner. MB (BRL), John Adams Library (Boston Public Library) MB (BRL) · 1600 · Coloniæ : Apud Bernardum Gualtherium · 231 pictures

A 1600 Cologne edition of Platina's lives of the popes, issued by publisher Bernhard Wolter with annotations by Onofrio Panvinio and additions by Antonio Ciccarelli, aimed at scholars and churchmen. Its pictures are small woodcut portrait medallions of popes, each set in a circular frame with a decorative border, showing profile or three-quarter busts in mitres or caps, with heraldic shields and keys at the side, giving a designer a compact model for framed portrait roundels and ecclesiastical heraldry.

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