Printer's Device

Book Title: Commentaria in decem & septem quaestiones primae partis sancti Thomae de ineffabili Trinitatis mysterio : vbi disputantur triginta tres distinctiones primi Magistri sententiarum / edita per Doctorem Bartholomaeum Torres ...

Author: Torres, Bartolomé de, 1512-1568

Image Title: Printer's Device

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Description: The printer's device of an unknown printer features a woman holding scales (symbolizing justice) while giving to a beggar (symbolizing mercy) as she crushes a demon underfoot (symbolizing law). The motto around the image reads "GRAUIORA LEGIS MISERCORDIA FIDES IUDICIUM" (Severe law, mercy, faith, judgment").

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