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Septem novæ legis sacramenta, baptismvs, confirmatio, poenitentia, evcharistia, extrema vnctio, ordo, et matrimonivm : tam veteris testamenti, figvris et prophetiis qvam novi docvmentis, historiis, ac ritibvs, illvstrata. / Philippvs Gallævs in æs incidebat.

Accession number
PML 199002A-H
Creator
Galle, Philippe 1537-1612, engraver.
Published
[Antwerp] : [Philippe Galle], 1576
Credit line
Purchased on the Lathrop C. Harper D-1 Fund, 2023.
Notes
Typographic approbations on reverse of title page: 1) "Haec schemata a Philippo Gallaeo aeri incisa ob eruditionem, pietatem, et consecuturam utilitatem publicanda censeo," signed by Jan Vermeulen (1533-1585, Lat. Joannes Molanus), and 2) "Hae octo tabulae de septem Sacramentis artificiosissime compositae, & suis S. scripturae testimonijs demonstratae, Sanctae Catholicae Romanae Ecclesiae regligioni omnino conueniunt: & eas intue[n]tibus ipsam fidei catechesin ostendunt. Proinde easdem, cum visu, lectuq[ue] dignissimae & omnibus vtilissimae sint, imprimendas & comparandas censeo. Antuerpiae An.° 1576 die primo Martij," Henrik Zebert a Dungen, dated 1 March 1576.
Elements in the graphic layout of each engraving are reminiscent of the Biblia pauperum tradition and typological interpretation of Christian scripture.
PML leaves variously trimmed, title page: 28.3 x 21.9 cm and sacraments: about 27.5 x 21.2 cm.
Description
[8] leaves (title page and 7 sacraments) : illustrations (engravings) 33 cm (fol.)
Provenance
Morgan Library & Museum, purchased on the Lathrop C. Harper D-1 Fund, May 2023.
Binding
Not bound.
Classification
Department