Iudoci Ammanni Clerus Totius Rom. Ecclesiæ, hoc est, Pontificiorum Ordinum Omnium Omninò utriusq; Sexus Habitus, artifiosissimis Figuris expressus, & antehac adjectis Francisci Modii Brug. singulis Octostichis, in quibus cujusquè Ordinis Ecclesiastici Origo, Progressus & Vestitus ratio breviter ex variis historiis delineatur, ex-actè descriptus; Nunc autem appositis Ioann. Adami Loniceri Francof. Rhythmis Germa-nicis nitidior & illustrior in lucem denuò prolatus. Das ist: Der Romischen Catholischen Kirchen jemahls gewesene Ständ und Orden / Darinnen aller Geistlichen / beydes Manns-und Weibspersonen / H. Ritter und dero Verwandten Her-kommen / Constitution, Regeln / Habit und Klei-dung / beneben schoenen und künstlichen Figuren / vor diesem durch Hr. Franciscum Modium in Lateinischen / und Hr. Joann. Adamum Lonicerum, Francofort. in Teutschen Versen / fleissig beschrieben. Anjetzoaber in beyderley Sprachen von newem wieder auffgelegt / und an Tag gegeben.
RA Collection: Book
Record number
07/2693
Variant Title
Clerus Totius Rom. Ecclesiæ
Roemischen Catholischen Kirchen jemahls gewesene Ständ und Orden
Imprint
Franckfurt am Mayn.: In Beregung / Johann Wilhelm Ammons / und Wilhelm Serlins., 1661.
Physical Description
[4], 205, [29] p.: illus.; 192 mm. (Quarto.)
Contents
[T.p.] - [Text] - Series Ordinum Ecclesiasticorum In Hoc Compendio Servata - Hadrianus Dam-man Gandavus Hac Serie prosequitur Ordines Ecclesiæ Catholicæ - De Quibusdam Familiis Regulæ Augustinianæ.
Responsibility Note
The illustrations are not signed.
References
J.S. Peters, ed., The Illustrated Bartsch 20 (Part 1) (2) ... German Masters Of The Sixteenth Century Jost Amman ... (1985), p.608-35.
Summary Note
The publication-date of 1661 is supplied from other catalogues (it appears to have been trimmed from the Royal Academy's copy).
The rectos of the main text show 101 numbered images of Roman Catholic clergy, monks and nuns, accompanied by a note in German prose, faced by Latin and German verses on the versos of the preceding leaf. (In the Royal Academy's copy some images are pasted in.)
Provenance
The front pastedown carries the armorial bookplate of Arthur Dalrymple. A preliminary leaf is inscribed in pencil, 'S A H' and in ink with a note by 'S:A: Hart RA Librarian' [librarian 1864-81].
Copy Note
The publication-date [1661] has been trimmed from the Academy's copy. A preliminary leaf is inscribed in ink, '1585 is a date on the frontispiece of a German Edition also printed in Frankfort am Mayn S:A:Hart RA Librarian'.
Binding Note
17th-century white vellum; spine inscribed in ink, 'Iudoci Ammann Clerus Totius Rom. cu figur'.
Clergy - Monks - Nuns - Costume - Dress - Western Europe - History - 16th century - 17th century
Manuals - Latin poetry - German poetry - Germany - 16th century - 17th century
Pictorial works - Germany - 16th century - 17th century