Book Title: Chronologia monasteriorum Germaniae praecipuorum ac maxime illustrium, in quae origines, annales ac celebriora cujusq´ue monumenta bonâ fide recensentur / authore Gaspare Bruschio .... Cui adjectus index geminus, unus rerum, alter locorum

Author: Bruschius, Caspar, 1518-1557

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Description: This title page features an elaborate landscape with two men in the forefront. The men lean against a small inscribed structure that reads GASPARE BRUSCHIO CHRONOLOGIA MONASTERIORM GERMANIAE ILLUSTRIUM, which translates to the author’s name, Gaspare Bruschio, followed by the title of the book, “Chronicles of the Principle and Most Illustrious Monasteries of Germany.” The left-most man’s dress and possessions indicate that he is traveler or visitor, while the man on the right, probably a monk, is wearing simple sandals and a robe. The monk points down the path to a series of buildings next to a body of water, where two other figures in the distance make their way towards the monastery.

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