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Philothei Symbola christiana : quibus idea hominis christiani exprimitur

Karl Ludwig, Elector Palatine, 1617-1680 · 1682 · Lugduni Batavorum : Apud Viduam Johannis à Gelder · 104 pictures

A Latin emblem book of Christian symbols attributed to Karl Ludwig, Elector Palatine, printed at Leiden in 1682 by the widow of Johannes à Gelder for devout and learned readers. Each of the 104 copperplate emblems is a small roundel with a Latin motto lettered around the rim, enclosing a landscape of trees, tombs, ruins, rayed suns and distant hills in fine cross-hatching — usable as circular badges, mottoed seals, or stock scenery vignettes.

Christian art and symbolism · Emblems

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