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Order of St Benedict (The Benedictine Tree)

Order of St Benedict (The Benedictine Tree)
(c. 1655)
plate from Monasticon Anglicanum (Monastic England) by William Dugdale and Roger Dodsworth, printed by Richard Hodgkinson, London, 1655, vol. 1

Medium
etching
Measurements
30.7 × 18.1 cm (image) 31.4 × 18.5 cm (plate) 31.7 × 18.8 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
New Hollstein 1418 iii/iii; Pennington 227 iv/iv
Edition
3rd of 3 states
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: W.Hollar fecit,
printed in ink u.r.: After the Preface, I.
printed in ink l.l.: 2
printed in ink (in image) u.l.-l.r.: (members of the priesthood and nobility labelled on tree branches, letters A-O, and Saints labelled in scrolls)
printed (vertically) in ink (in image) (in scroll) u.l.-c.l.: He gave them ye (e in superscript) Prieſthood among ye (e in superscript) People & beatitified them with comely ornaments. Ecclc: 45.7.
printed (vertically) in ink (in image) (in scroll) c.r.-u.r.: Their seed ſhall be mighty upon earth: the Generation of the upright ſhall be bleſsed. Psal: 112.2.
printed in ink (in image) l.l. and l.r.: (key to A-O with extensive Latin text)
Accession Number
1278.1389-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display