BIBLICAL REPRESENTATIONS IN THE PRINTED WORKS OF BRANCOVEANU’S AGE
BIBLICAL REPRESENTATIONS IN THE PRINTED WORKS OF BRANCOVEANU’S AGE

Summary/Abstract: During the reign of Constantin Brâncoveanu, an impressive number of works were printed; they were intended to cover as broad a range as possible from various areas of the religious or public life of his age. It should be noted that their illustrations stand out through an elegant page layout, numerous title sheets, frontispieces, vignettes, flamboyant initial letters, engravings, which come to enrich the remarkable graphic aspect of prints in those times. Title sheets are in the form of a plate, and representations of Jesus, of the Virgin Mary and of the four Evangelists are frequent, usually placed in ornamental medallions. Full-page engravings of saints or religious images and frontispieces with scene in which Jesus, the Saint Virgin and other biblical figures appear are also to be noted.

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