Chevaliers Et Commandeurs De L'Ordre Du S. Espirit. Créez au Chapitre tenu par le Roy Louys XIII. en l'Eglise des Augustins à Paris, le dernier jour de l'an M.DC.XIX
Print
1623 (printed)
1623 (printed)
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Print (one of 78) from a volume containing title-plates, plates of coats of arms, and five pages of letterpress. The title-plate bears a representation of the creation of a knight. With the exception of the first plate (the arms of Louis XIII) each is an impression from 2 plates, one with the shield and the other with the border consisting of a coronet, helmet, mantling, collars of the Orders of the St. Esprit and St. Michel, or an ecclesiastical hat. There are separate border-plates for use according to the dignity of the bearer, Prince of the Blood, Cardinal, Archbishop, Duke, Marquis, Count etc.
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Title | Chevaliers Et Commandeurs De L'Ordre Du S. Espirit. Créez au Chapitre tenu par le Roy Louys XIII. en l'Eglise des Augustins à Paris, le dernier jour de l'an M.DC.XIX (series title) |
Materials and techniques | Engraving |
Brief description | Print. One of 77 plates and a title page, from a volume by Jacques Morin containing illustrations of coats of arms and the orders of French Archbishops, Dukes, Princes and Marquis etc. Engraving by Pierre Firens, 1623. |
Physical description | Print (one of 78) from a volume containing title-plates, plates of coats of arms, and five pages of letterpress. The title-plate bears a representation of the creation of a knight. With the exception of the first plate (the arms of Louis XIII) each is an impression from 2 plates, one with the shield and the other with the border consisting of a coronet, helmet, mantling, collars of the Orders of the St. Esprit and St. Michel, or an ecclesiastical hat. There are separate border-plates for use according to the dignity of the bearer, Prince of the Blood, Cardinal, Archbishop, Duke, Marquis, Count etc. |
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Object history | This print is a plate from a volume by Jacques Morin, Seigneur of La Masserie, entitled Chevaliers Et Commandeurs De L'Ordre Du S. Espirit. Créez au Chapitre tenu par le Roy Louys XIII. en l'Eglise des Augustins à Paris, le dernier jour de l'an M.DC.XIX, printed Paris, 1623. |
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Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959 . London: HMSO, 1964. |
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Accession number | E.1464:46-1959 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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