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was more or less concentrated in Italy - in general, see<br />
Kirschbaum 1968-76, vol. 7, pp. 300-306. On the devo<br />
tion of the saint in Flanders around 1600, cp. Knipping<br />
1939-40, vol. 1, pp. 219-221.<br />
265. It is rather puzzling to note that complete<br />
copies of the series - such as the one in the Museum<br />
Plantm-Moretus, bound in one volume with an unillus-<br />
trated Dutch publication on the saint, written by Philips<br />
Numan and dated 1593 (inv. R 56) - include two intro<br />
ductory pages printed (verso and recto) in letterpress,<br />
dated Rome 1559(!)«This concerns a short Latin intro-<br />
ducnon and an explanation of the views of Pope Clemens<br />
VIII on whether Saint Catherine could be rendered with<br />
the stigmata or not, written by one Marcus Vestrlus<br />
Barblanus. This could imply that Philips (or Cornells)<br />
Galle issued the series first in Rome and later in Antwerp.<br />
Another possibility is that Galle and Ophoven simply<br />
copied these texts from an (unknown) earlier Italian pub<br />
lication on Saint Catherine. In any case, it seems certain<br />
that Ophoven and the Antwerp Black Friars were involved<br />
in the production of Galle's Antwerp reissue.Van Ophoven<br />
may have been the one who translated the Latin verses<br />
into Dutch, as printed at the very back (pp. *recto to *4<br />
recto) of the same Antwerp copy of Galle's publication.<br />
266. Hollstein, vol. 9, p. 204, nos. 71-82. Pleter de<br />
Jode's series afterVanni consists of a tide page and 11 prints<br />
with each 3 subjects taken from the life of St. Catherine.<br />
On Florimi as a print publisher, cp. Kortekaas 1992; also<br />
see note 297.<br />
267. Even the here illustrated tide page and the<br />
portrait of St. Catherine were copied from the title page<br />
of Florimi s original series.The title page shows the por<br />
traits of prelates, priests and friars who played a role in the<br />
life of die Sienese saint or were Important in the propa<br />
gation of her devotion, One can identify just to mention<br />
a few: Pope Pius II, who canonized Catherine in 1461,<br />
and die Dominican friar Raimondo da Capua, her con<br />
fessor and compiler of the first biography<br />
268. Rather appropriately the series was - apart<br />
from Pleter de Jode, who was probably hired on account<br />
of the high reputation of Flemish printmakers in gener<br />
al - entirely a Sienese project, asVarmi was a native of Siena<br />
as well. Florimi dedicated his series to Christine of<br />
Lorraine, wife of the Grand Duke ofTuscany, Ferdinand©<br />
de'Medici.<br />
Notes Chapter 4<br />
211<br />
269. This copy - pardy in reverse, partiy in the same<br />
direction - of the entire series, was engraved and pub<br />
lished In 1608 by Philip Thomassm m Rome. The latter<br />
has added French and Italian translations of the original<br />
Latin verses. Another copy was printed with Latin, Italian<br />
and Spanish verses at an unknown date; compare Insolera<br />
1996, pp. 63-67, nos. 8-9, where this copy is (erroneous<br />
ly) described as a second original version produced by<br />
Florimi and De jode jointly.<br />
270. The following paragraphs are more or less the<br />
same as 'The history of Gerommo Nadal's Evangelicae his-<br />
toriae imagines', as found in the English version of Sellink<br />
1996-97, translated by Karen Bowen.<br />
271. On the production of Plantin In the period<br />
1585-89, also seeVoet 1984 (especially pp. 368-369) and<br />
Voet 1988.<br />
272. For examples of early Illustrated religious<br />
works by Jesuits authors published by the Plantin Press,<br />
see Imhof 1996-97, pp. 97-90, nos. 1-3 (Petrus Canisius,<br />
Johannes David andThomas Sailly). On the scholarly Leys,<br />
see Van Houdt 1996; on the very popular Politers, active<br />
in the second half of the seventeenth century 7<br />
, compare<br />
Rombauts 1930. A general study on illustrated spiritual<br />
books published in the Southern Netherlands in the six<br />
teenth and seventeendi centuries has recently appeared:<br />
Insolera 1996. This catalogue is useful concerning the<br />
analysis of Counter-Reformatorian tendencies In illus<br />
trated books, but is most inadequate in its information on<br />
authors, engravers and (print)publishers.The classic study<br />
on the emblematic character of so many illustrated devo<br />
tional books Is of course: Praz 1964 and its sequel Praz<br />
1974.<br />
273. A brief, but adequate description of the activ<br />
ities of the Jesuits in Antwerp from 1585 to c. 1650 can<br />
be found in Thijs 1990, pp. 64-73 and 80-91 (mainly<br />
regarding their confraternities devoted to the Virgin) .The<br />
quintessential study of the Jesuits in the Netherlands is<br />
still Poncelet 1927-28, especially vol. 2, pp. 480-516<br />
(scholarly and literary activities); reeendy appeared the<br />
useful collection of studies Deneef 1992.<br />
274. See Bollandus 1640a (Latin version) and<br />
Bollandus 1640b (Dutch version), published by Balthasar<br />
Moretus I, with engravings by Cornells Galle the Elder.