Mater amoris et doloris

Ginther, Antonius. Mater amoris et doloris : quam Christus in cruce moriens omnibus ac singulis suis fidelibus in matrem legavit: Ecce mater tua. Nunc explicata per sacra emblemata, figuras Scripturae quàm plurimas, conceptus varios praedicabiles, SS. Patrum sententias, raras historias, et pios ad Jesum patientem, ac sanctissimam Matrem ejus compatientem affectus. Sumptibus Georgii Schlüter & Martini Happach, 1711.  Cube ; 242.4 G435

Mater Amoris et Doloris, by Antonius Ginther, is a collection of 70 emblems each containing symbols that pertain to the Blessed Virgin Mary. The work attests to the variety of ways emblems served to contemplate religious themes, with Mary being a particularly popular subject of Catholic emblem books.