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Time Period Seventeenth century
  • An engraving depicting the exile of Saint John the Evangelist on Patmos. The image shows John walking through the surf with ships in the background.
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    S. Jean Evangeliste, relegué à Pathmas, environ l'An 97

    Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
    An engraving depicting the exile of Saint John the Evangelist on Patmos. The image shows John walking through the surf with ships in the background.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1685
    1698
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An engraving depicting the exile of Saint John the Evangelist on Patmos. The image shows John walking through the surf with ships in the background.
  • An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Luke the Evangelist. The image shows Luke having been hanged before a crowd from an olive tree.
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    S. Luc Evangeliste, pendii à uri olivier dans la Gréce environ L'An 93

    Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
    An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Luke the Evangelist. The image shows Luke having been hanged before a crowd from an olive tree.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1685
    1698
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Luke the Evangelist. The image shows Luke having been hanged before a crowd from an olive tree.
  • An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Mark the Evangelist. The image shows Marc being dragged with ropes and hooks.
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    S. Marc L'Evangeliste, trainé á Alexandrie pour être brulé, meurt en chemin, A. 64

    Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
    An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Mark the Evangelist. The image shows Marc being dragged with ropes and hooks.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1685
    1698
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Mark the Evangelist. The image shows Marc being dragged with ropes and hooks.
  • An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Matthias the Apostle. The image shows Matthias bound to a cross and stoned by a crowd while an ax sits ready (bottom right) to behead him.
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    S. Matthias Apotre crucifié lapidé et ensuite decapité A. 70

    Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
    An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Matthias the Apostle. The image shows Matthias bound to a cross and stoned by a crowd while an ax sits ready (bottom right) to behead him.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1685
    1698
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Matthias the Apostle. The image shows Matthias bound to a cross and stoned by a crowd while an ax sits ready (bottom right) to behead him.
  • An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Matthew the Apostle and Evangelist. The image shows Matthew nailed to the ground by both his hands and feet as an executioner stands above him wielding an axe and preparing to behead him.
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    S. Matthieu Apotre, et Evangeliste, Cloué à la terre et decapité à Nadavar en Ethiopié, A. 70

    Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
    An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Matthew the Apostle and Evangelist. The image shows Matthew nailed to the ground by both his hands and feet as an executioner stands above him wielding an axe and preparing to behead him.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1685
    1698
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Matthew the Apostle and Evangelist. The image shows Matthew nailed to the ground by both his hands and feet as an executioner stands above him wielding an axe and preparing to behead him.
  • An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Paul the Apostle. The image shows Paul kneeling and blindfolded with hands together in prayer as the executioner unsheathes his sword and looks back towards Emperor Nero, who stands atop a wall in the background (upper left).
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    S. Paul Apotre, decapité á Rome sous Neron, A. 69

    Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
    An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Paul the Apostle. The image shows Paul kneeling and blindfolded with hands together in prayer as the executioner unsheathes his sword and looks back towards Emperor Nero, who stands atop a wall in the background (upper left).
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1685
    1698
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Paul the Apostle. The image shows Paul kneeling and blindfolded with hands together in prayer as the executioner unsheathes his sword and looks back towards Emperor Nero, who stands atop a wall in the background (upper left).
  • An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Peter the Apostle. The image shows Peter crucified upsidedown as Emperor Nero watches from horseback in the background.
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    S. Pierre Apotre, crucifié la tête en bas á Rome sous Neron, A. 69

    Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
    An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Peter the Apostle. The image shows Peter crucified upsidedown as Emperor Nero watches from horseback in the background.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1685
    1698
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Peter the Apostle. The image shows Peter crucified upsidedown as Emperor Nero watches from horseback in the background.
  • An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Simon the Zealot. The image shows Simon being led towards a prepared cross, the spikes to be used to nail him down prepared in a basket in the foreground.
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    S. Simon le Zelatier; crucifié en Syrie, A. 70

    Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
    An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Simon the Zealot. The image shows Simon being led towards a prepared cross, the spikes to be used to nail him down prepared in a basket in the foreground.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1685
    1698
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Simon the Zealot. The image shows Simon being led towards a prepared cross, the spikes to be used to nail him down prepared in a basket in the foreground.
  • An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Thomas the Apostle. The image shows Thomas led towards a large furnace by a groupof four spearmen as a king looks on from the back of an elephant.
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    S. Tomas, missur des plaques ardantes, jetté dans la fournaise, et percé decoups de lance à Calamine, environ l'An 70

    Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
    An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Thomas the Apostle. The image shows Thomas led towards a large furnace by a groupof four spearmen as a king looks on from the back of an elephant.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1685
    1698
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An engraving depicting the martyrdom of Saint Thomas the Apostle. The image shows Thomas led towards a large furnace by a groupof four spearmen as a king looks on from the back of an elephant.
  • An engraved floorplan of the Sistine Chapel in the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore.
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    Sacelli D.N. Iesu Christi praesepia Sixto Papa V. conditi vestigium et pavimentum

    An engraved floorplan of the Sistine Chapel in the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1621
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An engraved floorplan of the Sistine Chapel in the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore.
  • An engraving depicting the entrance to the Borghese Chapel from the nave in the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore. Through the doorway, the altar of the Salus Populi Romani is visible.
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    Sacelli Pauli V. Pont. Max. prospectus interior cum ea Basilicae Liberianae particula ex qua ad illud aditus est

    An engraving depicting the entrance to the Borghese Chapel from the nave in the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore. Through the doorway, the altar of the Salus Populi Romani is visible.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1621
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An engraving depicting the entrance to the Borghese Chapel from the nave in the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore. Through the doorway, the altar of the Salus Populi Romani is visible.
  • An engraved floorplan of the Borghese Chapel and adjoining rooms in the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore.
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    Sacelli Sanctae Mariae Maioris a Paulo PP. V. Conditi adiunctarumq[ue] ad varios usus aedium vestigium cum sacelli eiusdem pavimento

    An engraved floorplan of the Borghese Chapel and adjoining rooms in the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1621
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An engraved floorplan of the Borghese Chapel and adjoining rooms in the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore.
  • An engraving depicting the Sacramental altar in the Sistine Chapel in the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore.
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    Sacratissimi [Christi] corporis ara in medio Sixti V. sacello posita, in ea aeneum inauratum tabernaculum, quator aeneorum item angelor[us] innixum manibus, sub eadem sacrum Christi Domini praesepe

    An engraving depicting the Sacramental altar in the Sistine Chapel in the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1621
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An engraving depicting the Sacramental altar in the Sistine Chapel in the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore.
  • Summary: A philosophical work discussing issues of faith versus unbelief through the symbolism of two societies, "The City of God" and "The City of Man".
    Text

    Saint Augustine, Of the citie of God : with the learned comments of Io. Lodovicus Vives ...

    Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430
    Summary: A philosophical work discussing issues of faith versus unbelief through the symbolism of two societies, "The City of God" and "The City of Man".
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1620
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    Summary: A philosophical work discussing issues of faith versus unbelief through the symbolism of two societies, "The City of God" and "The City of Man".
  • An engraving depicting a scene from the seventh book of the epic poem, Saint Louys, in which the Saracen forces attack the crusaders by boat from the flooded Nile. In the center of the scene, Saint Louis fights the Saracen, Olgen.
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    Saint Louis Battles Olgan

    Chauveau, François, 1613-1676
    An engraving depicting a scene from the seventh book of the epic poem, Saint Louys, in which the Saracen forces attack the crusaders by boat from the flooded Nile. In the center of the scene, Saint Louis fights the Saracen, Olgen.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1658
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An engraving depicting a scene from the seventh book of the epic poem, Saint Louys, in which the Saracen forces attack the crusaders by boat from the flooded Nile. In the center of the scene, Saint Louis fights the Saracen, Olgen.
  • An engraving depicting a scene from the eighteenth book of the epic poem, Saint Louys, in which God destroys a false Crown of Thorns which would have caused plague and bestows the true Crown of Thorns on Saint Louis.
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    Saint Louis and the Crown of Thorns

    Chauveau, François, 1613-1676
    An engraving depicting a scene from the eighteenth book of the epic poem, Saint Louys, in which God destroys a false Crown of Thorns which would have caused plague and bestows the true Crown of Thorns on Saint Louis.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1658
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An engraving depicting a scene from the eighteenth book of the epic poem, Saint Louys, in which God destroys a false Crown of Thorns which would have caused plague and bestows the true Crown of Thorns on Saint Louis.
  • An engraving depicting a scene from the first book of the epic poem, Saint Louys, in which Saint Louis (seated, right) meets with the Saracen representatives, Mélédor (center) and Garaman (bottom left), on behalf of Sultan Mélédin. Beside Louis is an angel wielding a sword, who appears to dissuade Mélédor from attempting to assassinate Louis, as he had planned. In the bottom left foreground, Garaman lays out a set of poisoned armor indended as a gift for Louis.
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    Saint Louis in Negotiations with the Saracens, Mélédor and Garaman

    Chauveau, François, 1613-1676
    An engraving depicting a scene from the first book of the epic poem, Saint Louys, in which Saint Louis (seated, right) meets with the Saracen representatives, Mélédor (center) and Garaman (bottom left), on behalf of Sultan Mélédin. Beside Louis is an angel wielding a sword, who appears to dissuade Mélédor from attempting to assassinate Louis, as he had planned. In the bottom left foreground, Garaman lays out a set of poisoned armor indended as a gift for Louis.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1658
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An engraving depicting a scene from the first book of the epic poem, Saint Louys, in which Saint Louis (seated, right) meets with the Saracen representatives, Mélédor (center) and Garaman (bottom left), on behalf of Sultan Mélédin. Beside Louis is an angel wielding a sword, who appears to dissuade Mélédor from attempting to assassinate Louis, as he had planned. In the bottom left foreground, Garaman lays out a set of poisoned armor indended as a gift for Louis.
  • Summary: A largely fictitious epic poem about Saint Louis (King Louis IX) and his crusade against the Saracens in Egypt in search of Christ's Crown of Thorns.
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    Saint Louys, ou, La sainte couronne reconquise : poeme heroique

    Le Moyne, Pierre, 1602-1671
    Summary: A largely fictitious epic poem about Saint Louis (King Louis IX) and his crusade against the Saracens in Egypt in search of Christ's Crown of Thorns.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1658
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    Summary: A largely fictitious epic poem about Saint Louis (King Louis IX) and his crusade against the Saracens in Egypt in search of Christ's Crown of Thorns.
  • An engraving depicting a scene from the ninth book of the epic poem, Saint Louys, in which the Archangel Michael forces the Nile to recede from where it had flooded, leaving the path clear for the crusaders. In the back ground, a fleet of ships can be seen, referencing a later event in the same book where Archambaut de Bourbon engages in a naval battle with Almasonte.
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    Saint Michael Causes the Nile to Recede

    Chauveau, François, 1613-1676
    An engraving depicting a scene from the ninth book of the epic poem, Saint Louys, in which the Archangel Michael forces the Nile to recede from where it had flooded, leaving the path clear for the crusaders. In the back ground, a fleet of ships can be seen, referencing a later event in the same book where Archambaut de Bourbon engages in a naval battle with Almasonte.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1658
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An engraving depicting a scene from the ninth book of the epic poem, Saint Louys, in which the Archangel Michael forces the Nile to recede from where it had flooded, leaving the path clear for the crusaders. In the back ground, a fleet of ships can be seen, referencing a later event in the same book where Archambaut de Bourbon engages in a naval battle with Almasonte.
  • A pair of engravings depicting the Scala Sancta at St. John Lateran and statues of the Dioscuri with horses which were moved to the Piazza del Quirinale, both of which were a part of Pope Sixtus V's urban reform program.
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    Scala Santa di Sisto et Cavalli del Quirinale

    A pair of engravings depicting the Scala Sancta at St. John Lateran and statues of the Dioscuri with horses which were moved to the Piazza del Quirinale, both of which were a part of Pope Sixtus V's urban reform program.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1686
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    A pair of engravings depicting the Scala Sancta at St. John Lateran and statues of the Dioscuri with horses which were moved to the Piazza del Quirinale, both of which were a part of Pope Sixtus V's urban reform program.
  • An engraving depicting a pair of apostles and a pair of bishops flanking a decorated throne above which sits a radiant dove symbolizing the Holy Spirit. Below the image is the passage, "semper apostolicae cathedrae viguit principatus," (the primacy of the apostolic seat has always flourished) from the Epistle 43 of St. Augustine.
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    Semper apostolicae cathedrae viguit principatus

    An engraving depicting a pair of apostles and a pair of bishops flanking a decorated throne above which sits a radiant dove symbolizing the Holy Spirit. Below the image is the passage, "semper apostolicae cathedrae viguit principatus," (the primacy of the apostolic seat has always flourished) from the Epistle 43 of St. Augustine.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1686
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An engraving depicting a pair of apostles and a pair of bishops flanking a decorated throne above which sits a radiant dove symbolizing the Holy Spirit. Below the image is the passage, "semper apostolicae cathedrae viguit principatus," (the primacy of the apostolic seat has always flourished) from the Epistle 43 of St. Augustine.
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