Principes duces et marchiones Italiae

Object summary

Title: Principes duces et marchiones Italiae
Object ID: AF-DI-1664
Date made: 1602
Place made: Czech Republic, Praha, Hlavní Mesto, Prague
Engraver: Sadeler, Aegidius, II
Object type: Engraving
Major collection: Nautical
Named collection: Allan Forbes Collection
On view: No

Description

Uncolored engraving depicting six medals or seals, with caption text in Latin. Bottom right seal or medal features a globe with a band embellished with Zodiac symbols across it; the symbols include Pisces, the fish.

Page from the book "Symbola varia Diversorum Principum Sacrossane. Ecclesiae Et Sacre Imperij Romani," by Jacobus Typotius (1602). With text in Latin on verso.