Accession number
PML 145850.96
Published
[Antwerp : Christophe Plantin, 1579].
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title from item.
Leaf removed from the preliminary gathering of a copy of Michaëlis Aisingeri Austriaci Pentaplus regnorum mundi (Antuerpiae : Ex officina Christophori Plantini, 1579) with text printed on verso.
Mounted as item 96 into an album of collected prints, broadsides, drawings, and miscellaneous single sheet items, assembled by former owner Joseph Ames and entitled "Emblematical and satirical prints on persons and professions" (PML 145850).
Leaf removed from the preliminary gathering of a copy of Michaëlis Aisingeri Austriaci Pentaplus regnorum mundi (Antuerpiae : Ex officina Christophori Plantini, 1579) with text printed on verso.
Mounted as item 96 into an album of collected prints, broadsides, drawings, and miscellaneous single sheet items, assembled by former owner Joseph Ames and entitled "Emblematical and satirical prints on persons and professions" (PML 145850).
Description
1 print : woodcut ; 174 x 121 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a small circular diagram with two pillars at center, topped by the sun and moon and rising above waves; between them are four beasts, including a double headed eagle and a griffin, and the sections of the circle is marked with letters and numbers. Below is a small chart composed of letters and numbers.
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