Research Catalog

Title

Ecclesiae militantis triumphi, siue, Deo amabilium martyrum gloriosa pro Christi fide certamina : prout opera RR. patrum Societatis Iesu Collegij Germanici et Hungarici moderato[rum], impensa S.D.N. Gregorij PP. XIII in ecclesia S. Stephani Rotundi, Romae, Nicolai Circiniani pictoris manu uisuntur depicta / ad excitandam pio[rum] deuotionem a Joanne Bapta. de Cauallerijs, aeneis typis accurate expressa, anno D[omi]ni M.D.LXXXV.

Author

Cavalieri, Giovanni Battista, approximately 1525-1601.

Publication

Romae : Ex officina Bartholomaei Grassi, [1585]

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Details

Additional Authors

Pomarancio, approximately 1530-approximately 1597.

Description

32 prints : etching, engraving; 33 x 22 cm.

Alternative Title

• Ecclesiae militantis triumphi.
• Deo amabilium martyrum gloriosa pro Christi fide certamina.
• Ecclesiae Militantis Trivmphi, Sive, Deo amabilium Martyrvm gloriosa pro Christi fide Certamina.

Subjects

• Pomarancio, ca. 1530-approximately 1597 > S. Stefano Rotondo frescoes
• Bookbinding (Binding) > Italy > 16th century
• S. Stefano Rotondo (Church : Rome, Italy) Pictorial works
• Mural painting and decoration > Italy > Rome > 16th century
• Auersperg family > Provenance
• Diedo, Anzola > Provenance
• Fürstlich Auerspergsche Fideicommisbibliothek zu Laybach > Provenance
• Torture in art > Early works to 1800
• Christian martyrs in art > Early works to 1800

Genre/Form

Bookbinding (Binding) – Italy – 16th century.

Note

• Previously issued 1583; cf. BM STC Italian, 1465-1600, p. 185. "The second state of [the t.p.], with the 'III' in the date changed to 'V,' privilege note added and Grassi's imprint added at the foot"--Mortimer.
• Title page (title within architectural border) and 31 engraved reproductions of the frescoes of Circignani (called Il Pomarancio) in S. Stefano Rotondo, Rome; latter numbered in plate 1-31, with engraved captions and legends.
• For 1st state of engraved t.p., cf. Johnson, A.F. A catalogue of Italian engraved title-pages in the sixteenth century. 1936. no. 3.
• Plate mark: 22 x 15 cm.

Indexed In (note)

• Cicognara, L. Libri d'arte e d'antichità
• Index Aureliensis
• Adams
• Mortimer, R. Italian 16th cent.

Provenance (note)

• Suor Anzola Diedo (superexlibris; cf. above); Fuerstlich Auerspergsche Fideicommisbibliothek zu Laybach (armorial bookplate; autograph of Wolfg. Engelb. S.R.I. Comes ab Auersperg with accession date 1656).

Binding (note)

• Contemporary reddish-brown morocco, gilt, with arabesque roll border and cornerpieces, stars, grotesque figures, etc.; traces of ties. In center of each board, superexlibris: oval emblems depicting Saint Sebastian (front) and Saint Justina (back), both lettered: Suor Anzola Diedo.

Call Number

Spencer Coll. Ital. 1585 93-166 no. 1

OCLC

• 29327027
• NYPG93-B20946

Author

Cavalieri, Giovanni Battista, approximately 1525-1601.

Title

Ecclesiae militantis triumphi, siue, Deo amabilium martyrum gloriosa pro Christi fide certamina : prout opera RR. patrum Societatis Iesu Collegij Germanici et Hungarici moderato[rum], impensa S.D.N. Gregorij PP. XIII in ecclesia S. Stephani Rotundi, Romae, Nicolai Circiniani pictoris manu uisuntur depicta / ad excitandam pio[rum] deuotionem a Joanne Bapta. de Cauallerijs, aeneis typis accurate expressa, anno D[omi]ni M.D.LXXXV.

Imprint

Romae : Ex officina Bartholomaei Grassi, [1585]

Indexed In:

Cicognara, L. Libri d'arte e d'antichità, 2008

Index Aureliensis, 140.412

Adams C-1181

Mortimer, R. Italian 16th cent., 126

Local Note

With: Cavalieri, G.B. Vita S. Francisci de Paula familiae Minimo[rum] auctoris. [Rome : s.n., 1590]. -- Cavalieri, G.B. Beati Apollinaris martyris primi Rauennatum epi[scopi] res gestae. Romae : Ex officina Bartholomaei Grassi, [1586]. -- Cavalieri, G.B. Ecclesiae Anglicanae trophaea. Romae : Ex officina Bartholomaei Grassi, [1584]. Bound together subsequent to publication.

Binding

Contemporary reddish-brown morocco, gilt, with arabesque roll border and cornerpieces, stars, grotesque figures, etc.; traces of ties. In center of each board, superexlibris: oval emblems depicting Saint Sebastian (front) and Saint Justina (back), both lettered: Suor Anzola Diedo.

Provenance

Suor Anzola Diedo (superexlibris; cf. above); Fuerstlich Auerspergsche Fideicommisbibliothek zu Laybach (armorial bookplate; autograph of Wolfg. Engelb. S.R.I. Comes ab Auersperg with accession date 1656).

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Local Subject

Diedo, Anzola Provenance.

Fürstlich Auerspergsche Fideicommisbibliothek zu Laybach Provenance.

Auersperg family Provenance.

Added Author

Pomarancio, approximately 1530-approximately 1597. Artist

Added Title

Ecclesiae militantis triumphi.

Deo amabilium martyrum gloriosa pro Christi fide certamina.

Ecclesiae Militantis Trivmphi, Sive, Deo amabilium Martyrvm gloriosa pro Christi fide Certamina.

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. Ital. 1585 93-166 no. 1