This essay addresses the so-called Fons Meritorum, one of the engravings of Diego Valadés' Rhetorica Christiana (Perugia 1579). It is argued that the engraving is a visualisation of indulgences as a system, and that it details the origin of pardons, and its distribution.
Gallori, C. T., Diego Valadés’ Fons Meritorum: Picturing the Treasury of Merits in the Sixteenth Century, in Alcalá, E., Moser, K. (ed.), The Significance of Small Things: Essays in Honour of Diana Fane, Ediciones El Viso, Madrid 2018: 70- 77 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/117784]
Diego Valadés’ Fons Meritorum: Picturing the Treasury of Merits in the Sixteenth Century
Gallori, Corinna Tania
2018
Abstract
This essay addresses the so-called Fons Meritorum, one of the engravings of Diego Valadés' Rhetorica Christiana (Perugia 1579). It is argued that the engraving is a visualisation of indulgences as a system, and that it details the origin of pardons, and its distribution.
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