Symbola diuina & humana pontificvm, imperatorum, regum
An emblem book of engraved imprese belonging to popes, emperors and kings, cut by Ægidius Sadeler after compilations by Octavio de Strada and issued at Prague in 1600 for courtly and heraldic readers. Each page ranges six circular devices in ruled frames, their Latin mottoes lettered around the rim and the owner named in italic beneath, with contents from crowned ciphers and crossed sceptres to crocodiles, tents, beehives and rocky coastal towers u2014 ready-made roundel formats, curved lettering and compact symbolic motifs.
