Book Title: Innocentia vindicata : in qva gravissimis argumentis ex S. Thoma petitis ostenditur, angelicvm doctorem pro Immaculato Conceptu Deiparæ sensisse & scripsisse. ... / Authore illvstrissimo S.R.I. principe et abbate S. Galli Coelestino Sfondrati.

Author: Sfondrati, Celestino, 1644-1696

Image Title: Far Off Shadow

Description: This emblem depicts an obelisk on a stone platform pointing toward the sun and clouds in the sky. A city appears in the background and above the ornamental frame is the Latin phrase UMBRA PROCUL which means "far off shadow." This emblem is one in a series of 46 published by Cardinal Celestino Sfondrati confirming the Immaculate Conception in nature.

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