Regula emblematica Sancti Benedicti

Benedict, Saint, Abbot of Monte Cassino, Gallner, Bonifaz, O.S.B., 1678-1727 · 1783 · Vindobonae [Vienna] : Apud Carl Wilhelm Holle, bibliopola universitatis · 191 pictures

A Latin emblem book setting the Rule of St Benedict as a series of symbolic devices, compiled by the Benedictine Bonifaz Gallner and printed in Vienna in 1783 for monastic readers. Its 195 small circular copperplates hold single objects — an open book under a descending dove, a capped post, sun and moon in hatched cloud — clean line stock for roundels, spot symbols and device marks.

Christian art and symbolism · Emblems · Emblem books, Latin

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