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Basilica sapientiae septem columnis insistens Reverendissimis, Adm: Reverendis, Religiosis, Praenobilibus, Nobilibus, ac Eruditis DD. AA. LL. & Philosophiae Baccalaureis, cum e literario Philosophici certamnins stadio victores in antiquissimae ac celeberrimae Universitatis Viennensis Theatro Academico primam daphnem largiente R. P. Ioanne Pfleger..

Universität Wien, Pfleger, Joannes · 1651 · In Aula Coloniensi, Typis M. Cosmerovij · 11 pictures

A Latin emblem book issued by the University of Vienna in 1651, printed by Matthäus Cosmerovius for a graduation ceremony honouring the new baccalaureates of philosophy under Joannes Pfleger. The plates set small engraved scenes — armed processions, a mounted combat, a figure at a fire-lit vessel, a harbour landing before a palace — inside heavy strapwork cartouches flanked by winged cherub heads and grotesque masks, alongside woodcut leaf-and-scroll ornaments useful as frames, headpieces and printer's flowers.

Universität Wien · Emblems

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