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2020. DESCRIZIONE del santo Monte della Vernia estesa da fra Lino Moroni di Firenze ed espressa in tav. 25 sui disegni fatti in sul luogo dal pittore Iacopo Ligozio, Fir. 1612, in fol. gr.

Descrizione del sacro monte della Vernia.

Publication date(s):
[1612] and 1612
Other title(s):
  • Sacro monte della Vernia
  • Sacro monte della Vernia.
Author:
Moroni, Lino
Imprint:
[Florence] : [publisher not identified]
Language:
Italian
Cicognara number:
2020
Note(s):
  • Issued without t.p; title from dedication (leaf [1]), which reads: Illmo. et reuerendissmo. patron mio colendissmo. monsignor arciuescouo di Monreale e generale de' Minori osservanti, frate Arcangelo da Messina s. Dismettendo ogni cerimonia ... vengo à dedicarli quest'opera della descrizione del sacro monte della Vernia ... il disegnatore è stato ... sig. Iacopo Ligozio ... Di Fiorenza il dì primo di giugno 1612 ... Fra Lino Moroni di Firenze.
  • Leaves of text (descriptive letterpress keyed to the plates)--printed on one side only, within type flower borders.
  • Illustrations: 23 prints from 26 plates : engraving (11), etching and engraving (12) ; full-page (21), image 77 x 41 cm. (1), image 50 x 41 cm. (1). All after Ligozzi. Comprise frontispiece (St. Francis with armorial devices, trophies and emblems of spiritual and temporal power) by Domenico Falcini and 22 views of sites on Mount Verna associated with St. Francis; 7 are signed with monogram RS (Raffaello Schiaminossi), the others being ascribed to Falcini. The Schiaminossi plates are etchings retouched with burin; the Falcini plates are engravings and etchings with engraving. The 2 large views are composed of prints on 3 and 2 conjoined sheets, respectively. There are engraved overlays on plates F, G, I, O and R (with 2). For detailed description, reproduction of plates and transcription of letterpress, cf. Jacopo Ligozzi : le vedute del sacro monte della Verna, i dipinti di Poppi e Bibbiena / a cura di Lucilla Conigliello. 1992. no. 10-32, figs. x-xxxii. For Schiaminossi plates, cf. also: Italian etchers of the Renaissance & baroque / Sue Welsh Reed, Richard Wallace. c1989. no. 109. Illustrated Bartsch, v. 38, p. 152-158, figs. 131-136.
  • Two ornamental initials (leaves [1-2]).
Subject:
Verna (Monastery)
DCL number:
bs2