1 Lucas I Vorsterman (after?), Triumph of Louis XIII and Conclusiones theologicae de Deo uno, trino, incarnato, 1625. Engraving with etching, 52.2 × 72.5 cm and 53.3 ×72.5 cm. Brussels, KBr, Prints, inv. SII 54534 and 25853. © Royal Library of Belgium, Brussels 227
2.1 Peter Paul Rubens, Austroseraphicum Coelum (Saint Francis of Assisi as Seraphic Atlas), ca. 1631–1632. Grisaille oil on panel, 54 × 78.5 cm. Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, The John G. Johnson Collection, cat. 677. © Philadelphia Museum of Art 229
2.2 Paulus Pontius after Peter Paul Rubens, Austroseraphicum Coelum (Saint Francis of Assisi as Seraphic Atlas), ca. 1640. Engraving, 50.9 × 72.6 cm. Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, inv. RP-P-OB-4298. © Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam 230
3.1 Abraham van Diepenbeeck, Pope Urban VIII Receives Tributes from the Four Parts of the World and Framing of the Thesis of Nicolas-François de Lorraine, ca. 1627. Ink wash and white gouache on a black stone sketch, 51.3 × 73.1 c m and 52.6 × 71.5 cm. Paris, Musée du Louvre, department of graphic arts, inv. 19892, recto and 19899, recto. © RMN/Musée du Louvre, Paris 232
3.2 Schelte a Bolswert after Abraham van Diepenbeeck, Pope Urban VIII Receives Tributes from the Four Parts of the World and Conclusiones theologicae de fide e poenitentia, 1627. Engraving, 104.2 × 71 cm. Brussels, KBr, Prints, inv. R/2009/24412. © Royal Library of Belgium, Brussels 233
4 Schelte a Bolswert after Peter Paul Rubens (?) and Abraham van Diepenbeeck (?), Thesis in Philosophy Dedicated to Sigismund III Vasa, King of Poland, 1628. Engraving, 92 × 59.5 cm. Brussels, KBr, Prints, inv. SI 28107. © Royal Library of Belgium, Brussels 236
5.1 Abraham van Diepenbeeck, Allegorical Composition in Honor of King Louis XIII, ca. 1632. Pen and brown ink, with brown wash, with touches of oxidized white bodycolour, 37.3 × 34.2 cm. London, Victoria and Albert Museum, inv. D.109-1890. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London 239
5.2 Michel Lasne after Abraham van Diepenbeeck, King Louis XIII as Mars and Quaestio theologica, 1632. Engraving, 80 × 45 cm. Paris, BnF, Prints, inv. AA 6 (Theses) E023244. © Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris 240
6.1 Abraham van Diepenbeeck (?), Justice Surrounded by Piety, Wisdom, France and Brittany, ca. 1635. Black chalk on paper, 38 × 45 cm. Private collection. © Photo from Sainte Fare Garnot 1998, 49–50 241
6.2 Gilles Rousselet after Abraham van Diepenbeeck (?), Propositiones logicae, morales et physicae, 1635. Engraving, 46 × 38.2 cm. Paris, BnF, Prints, inv. Ed 40, 110–111, cl. E029269 © Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris 242
7.1 Abraham van Diepenbeeck (after a drawing by Rubens), The Dispute between Minerva and Neptune, ca. 1636. Pencil drawing enhanced with ink, walnut ink and wash on paper, 43.9 ×55.9 cm. Antwerp, MPM, inv. PK.OT.00348 A.16.7. © Museum Plantin-Moretus/Prentenkabinet, Antwerp – UNESCO World Heritage 244
7.2 Paulus Pontius after Peter Paul Rubens and Abraham van Diepenbeeck, The Dispute between Minerva and Neptune and Positiones philosophicae, 1636. Engraving, 92.2 × 60.5 cm. Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, inv. RP-P-OB-103.425. © Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam 245
8.1 Abraham van Diepenbeeck, Allegory of War and Peace, 1644. Pen in brown ink and brown wash on a sketch in black chalk on paper, heightened in white (oxidised), squared with red and black chalk, 38.7 × 30 cm. French private collection. © RKD, Den Hague 248
8.2 Michel Natalis after Abraham van Diepenbeeck, De iure belli et pacis theses, 1645. Engraving, 102.9 × 68.9 cm. Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, inv. RP-P-OB-67.965. © Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam 249
8.3 After Abraham van Diepenbeeck (?), Glorification of Louis XIII, 2nd quarter of the Seventeenth Century. Gouache on parchment, 25.5 cm × 18.5 cm. Dijon, Musée Magnin, inv. 1938 DF 270. © RMN-Grand Palais (Musée Magnin) / Thierry Le Mage 251
9.1 Abraham van Diepenbeeck, Drawing for the Thesis of Claudius of Collalto, ca. 1645. Graphite, pen and brush in brown, white opaque colour, on handmade paper, 21 × 19.9 cm. Dresden, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Kupferstich-Kabinett, inv. C 1822. © Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden. Photo by Andreas Diesend 252
9.2 Abraham van Diepenbeeck, Drawing for the Thesis of Claudius of Collalto, ca. 1645. Preparatory drawing, 101 cm × 69.5 cm. Saint Petersburg, Hermitage Museum, inv. OR-2799. © The State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg. Photo by A.E. Ovchinnikova 253
9.3 Paulus Pontius after Abraham van Diepenbeeck, De Iure Maiestatis Caesareae Regalibus et Primogeniis, 1645. Engraving, 102.5 × 68 cm. Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, inv. RP-P-OB-70.060 and 061. © Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam 254
10 Cornelis Galle the Younger after Abraham van Diepenbeeck, Problema Austriacum plus ultra quadratura circuli, 1647. Engraving, 32 × 20.5 cm. Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, inv. RP-P-OB-7067. © Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam 256
11 Wenceslaus Hollar after Abraham van Diepenbeeck, Philosophia universa, 1649. Etching, 34.9 × 21.2 cm. Ghent, UGent, inv. Phil.000019. © Ghent University Library 258
12 Wenceslaus Hollar after Abraham van Diepenbeeck, Fons signatu. Anno Iubilei Sodalitatis Philosophorum titulo Immaculatae Conceptionis Lovanii, 1650. Engraving, 30.5 × 39.5 cm (four states). Brussels, KBr, Prints, inv. SI 17785. Cat. 12 a-c, © photos by the author and d, © Royal Library of Belgium, Brussels 261
13.1 Abraham van Diepenbeeck, Allegory in Honor of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, ca. 1652. Pencil, pen and brown wash, 21.7 × 31.5 cm. Vienna, Grafische Sammlung Albertina, inv. 9525. © Grafische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna 262
13.2 Abraham van Diepenbeeck, Allegory in Honor of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, ca. 1652. Pen and brown ink, grey wash and white gouache, squared with red chalk, 24 × 36.2 cm. Orléans, Musée des Beaux-Arts, inv. 1871. © Musée des Beaux-Arts, Orléans. Photo by François Lauginie 263
13.3 Abraham van Diepenbeeck, Allegory in Honor of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, ca. 1652. Pen, brown and black ink, gray wash heightened in white, 66.5 × 95 cm. © Belgian private collection 264
13.4 Nicolas Lauwers after Abraham van Diepenbeeck, Theses mathematicae ex geometria, arithmetica, architectura militari…, 1652. Engraving, 68.5 × 98 cm. Brussels, KBr, Prints, inv. SII 25851. © Royal Library of Belgium, Brussels 265
13.6 Anon., Mathematicae scientiae emblematice expressae, 1652. Four emblems in an infolio booklet of 20 p. Ghent, UGent, inv. BIB.191G038. © Ghent University Library 267
14.1 Abraham van Diepenbeeck, Drawing for the Portrait of Antonius Triest, before 1652. Pen and brush in brown and grey, wash, 32.8 × 42.5 cm. Antwerp, MPM, inv. PK.OT.00573 | A.13.14. © Museum Plantin-Moretus/Prentenkabinet, Antwerp – UNESCO World Heritage 268
14.2 Adrien Lommelin after Abraham van Diepenbeeck, Fortiter et ferventer, ca. 1652. Engraving, 32.4 × 41.4 cm. Ghent, UGent, inv. BIB.G.006044. © Ghent University Library 269
15 Adrien Lommelin after Abraham van Diepenbeeck, Confidenter, ca. 1654–1657. Engraving, 28.9 × 38.7 cm. Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, inv. RP-P-OB-46.319. © Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam 270
16 Petrus Clouwet after Abraham van Diepenbeeck, De iure belli et pacis theses, 1654. Engraving, 34 × 21.5 cm. Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, inv. RP-PBI-5941. © Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam 272
17 Adrien Lommelin after Abraham van Diepenbeeck, Mount Carmel, ca. 1654–1656. Engraving, 100 × 40 cm. Antwerp, St. Charles Borromeo’s Church. © KIK-IRPA, Brussels 274
18.1 Abraham van Diepenbeeck, Coat of Arms of the Carmelite Order, ca. 1657. Drawing on paper, 8.2 cm × 11.5 cm. Antwerp, MPM, inv. PK.OT.00362 | D.1.13. © Museum Plantin-Moretus/Prentenkabinet, Antwerp – UNESCO World Heritage 276
18.2 Petrus Clouwet after Abraham van Diepenbeeck, Coat of Arms of the Carmelite Order, 1657. Engraving, 17.9 × 11.4 cm. Ghent, UGent, inv. BIB.1210004 © Ghent University Li-brary 277
19 Abraham van Diepenbeeck, Thesis Presentation to the Virgin with Child, ca. 1638–1675 (1660?). Pen, brown ink, grey and white wash, 40.8 × 25.5 cm. Antwerp, MPM, inv. PK.OT.00179 | A.30.4. © Museum Plantin-Moretus/Prentenkabinet, Antwerp – UNESCO World Heritage 278
20 Richard Collin after Abraham van Diepenbeeck, A Young Man Presents His Theses to His Dedicatee, ca. 1650–1675. Engraving, 25 × 37.5 cm. Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, inv. RP-P-BI-6129. © Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam 279
21 Circle of van Diepenbeeck, Sketch for a Thesis Frame, ca. 1650–1675. Brown ink and wash on paper, 30.2 × 23.2 cm. Unknown location. © Lempertz auction catalogue 25 November 2000, Cologne 280
22.1 Cornelis Schut, Allegory in Honor of Ferdinand III, ca. 1633. Grisaille, 52 × 70.5 cm. Unknown location. © Christie’s auction catalogue, 9 April 1965, London 281
22.2 Lucas Vorsterman after Cornelis Schut, Philosophia universa, 1633. En-graving, 52.9 × 70.8 and 52.2 × 70.8 cm. Vienna, Graphische Sammlung Albertina. © Grafische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna 283
23.1 Cornelis Schut, Allegory in Honor of Emperor Ferdinand III, 1643. Oil on canvas, 103.5 × 66.5 cm. ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Noordbrabants Museum, inv. 07763. © Collectie Het Noord-brabants Museum, ‘s-Hertogenbosch. Foto: Peter Cox 284
23.2 Michel Natalis after Cornelis Schut, Allegory in Honor of Emperor Ferdinand III, 1643. Engraving, 103.5 × 70.3 cm. Brussels, KBr, Prints, inv. SII 86113. © Royal Library of Belgium, Brussels 286
24 Adrien Lommelin after Antoon Sallaert, Victori Pacifico, 1648. Engraving, 39.3 × 24.1 cm. Amsterdam, Rijskmuseum, inv. RP-P-1908-702. © Rijksmuseum, Amster-dam 288
25.1 Antoon Sallaert, Allegory in Honor of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Aus-tria, ca. 1650. Grisaille on paper mounted on canvas, 72 × 105 cm. Gaasbeek, Gaasbeek Castle, inv. 1019. © Lukas-Art in Flanders 289
25.2 Pieter Danoot after Antoon Sallaert, Theses physiomathematicae ex bellicis Stati-cis et opticis, 1651. Engraving in two parts, 72 × 52.5 and 74 × 55.5 cm. Brussels, KBr, Prints, inv. SII 49215 and SII 144101. © Royal Library of Belgium, Brussels 290
26 Erasmus Quellinus, A Young Man Presents His Thesis to Minerva, 1634–1667. Oil on panel, 24 × 35.5 cm. Private collection. © Photo Jacques Leegenhoeck 291
27.1 Erasmus Quellinus, Hercules as Atlas Holding a Globe with an Image of the Virgin with Child, 1634–1667. Oil on panel, 26.5 × 37 cm. Belgian private collection. © Photo Jacques Leegenhoeck 292
27.2 Lucas Vorsterman after Erasmus Quellinus, Hercules as Atlas Holding a Globe with an Image of the Virgin with Child, 1634–1667. Engraving, 27.2 × 36 cm. Brussels, KBr, Prints, inv. SII 60457. © Royal Library of Belgium, Brussels 293
28 Cornelis Galle the Younger after Erasmus Quellinus and Jean Meyssens, Positiones sacrae de augustissimo sacramento Eucharistiae, 1638. 2° booklet of 64 pages with engravings. Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, inv. RP-P-OB-5955 and RP-P-1905-167; Louvain, KU Leuven, BC, inv. KUL-C R7C10. Cat. 28 a and e, © Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; Cat. 28b, c and d, © KU Leuven Li-braries, Louvain 295–296
29 Michel Natalis after Erasmus Quellinus, Thesis Presentation to Cardinal Bar-berini, ca. 1639–1641. Engraving, 26.4 × 37.4 cm. Brussels, KBr, Prints, inv. SI 24903. © Royal Li-brary of Belgium, Brussels 297
30 Wenceslaus Hollar after Erasmus Quellinus, Coat of Arms Flanked by Minerva and Hercules, 1645. Etching, 21.5 × 28.5 cm. Brussels, KBr, Prints, inv. SI17319. © Royal Library of Bel-gium, Brussels 298
31 Cornelis Galle the Younger after Erasmus Quellinus, Leopoldo Guillelmo Austriaco forti sapienti belli pacisque moderatori, 1648. Frontispiece and six emblems, 23.6 × 17.6 cm. Brussels, KBr, RB, inv. VB 8.206 A 15 © Royal Library of Belgium, Brussels 299–300
32 Richard Collin after Erasmus Quellinus, Leges Militiae Angelicae, 1649. En-graving, 42.8 × 29 cm. Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, inv. RP-P-OB-81.600. © Rijksmuseum, Amster-dam 302
33 Richard Collin after Erasmus Quellinus, A Young Man Surrounded by St. Francis of Assisi and St. Bonaventure Offers His Theses to the Virgin, ca. 1650–1678. Engraving, 32.8 × 41.4 cm. Brussels, KBr, Prints, inv. SI 11600. © Royal Library of Belgium, Brussels 303
34 Anon., Philosophia universa, seventeenth century. Engraving, 26.6 × 41.2 cm. Brussels, KBr, Prints, inv. R/2009/23813. © Royal Library of Belgium, Brussels 304
35 Richard Collin after Erasmus Quellinus (?), Portrait of Georges Frederic, Archbishop of Mainz, Elector of Germany, ca. 1650–1678. Engraving, 26.3 × 40.5 cm. Brussels, KBr, Prints, inv. SI 11605. © Royal Library of Belgium, Brussels 305
36 Richard Collin after Erasmus Quellinus, Philippe Leerse Presents His Philosophical Thesis to Macaire Simeomo, 1674. Engraving, 41.2 × 60.7 cm. Brussels, AGR, inv. I 264–1700. © National Archives of Belgium, Brussels 306
37 Martin Baes, Thesis Engraving with the Coats of Arms of Ferdinand Helman and His Wife, before 1617. Engraving, 23.4 × 33.1 cm. Brussels, KBr, Prints, inv. SI 5193. © Royal Library of Belgium, Brussels 308
38 Martin Baes, Upper Part of a Thesis Dedicated to Isabella, Infanta of Spain, 1621–1631. Etching, 36 × 42.5 cm. Brussels, KBr, Prints, inv. SI 5439. © Royal Library of Belgium, Brussels 309
39 Martin Baes, Thesis in Philosophy, 1635. 4° booklet of 12 f. with five en-gravings. Brussels, KBr, RB, inv. VB 8,206 A 5. © Royal Library of Belgium, Brussels 310–311
40 Martin Baes, Virgo Consolatrix, 1648. Etching, broadside approx. 70 cm high. Nijmegen, Archief van de Nederlandse Jezuïten, inv. AA 36a. © Photo by the author 312
41 Martin Baes (?), Philosophia Universi, 1649. Broadside printed on silk and colored by hand, 104 ×56 cm. Amsterdam, Nederlands Instituut voor Jezuïeten Studies. © Photo by Paul Begheyn 314
42 Pierre Rucholle, Sigismundi III Poloniae et Sveciae Regis virtutes…, 1628. Frontispiece and etchings, 21 × 15.5 cm. Brussels, KBr, RB, inv. RP II 40314 A 7. © Royal Library of Belgium, Brussels 316
43 Pierre Rucholle, Gloria virtutis hungaricae religionis…, 1633. Frontispiece and etchings, 19.4 × 13.8 cm. Brussels, KBr, RB, inv. RP II 40314 A 10. © Royal Library of Belgium, Brussels 318
44 Pierre Rucholle, Thesis Dedicated to the Virgin with Child, 1635. Etching, 17.6 × 23 cm. Brussels, KBr, Prints, inv. SI 30404. © Royal Library of Belgium, Brussels 319
45 Pierre Rucholle, The Virgin with Child Blessing a Broadside, 1635. Etching, 14.9 × 19.6 cm. Brussels, KBr, Prints, inv. SI 30403. © Royal Library of Belgium, Brussels 320
46 Pierre Rucholle, Allegory of Natural Philosophy , 1633–1641. Engraving, 31.6 × 40.5 cm. London, British Museum, inv. 1874,1212.467. © The Trustees of the British Museum 321
47 Jacob Neeffs after Nicolas Van der Horst, De contractibus & Obligationibus disputationes, ca. 1637–1646. Engraving, 30.2 × 19.6 cm. Brussels, KBr, Prints, inv. SI 28951. © Royal Library of Belgium, Brussels 323
48.3 Jacob Neeffs after Philip Fruytiers and Martin Mandekens, Title Page and Illustrations to: Jan Ciermans, Disciplinae mathematicae traditae, 1640. Engravings, 28.5 × 17.7 cm and 9.7 × 13.6 cm. Ghent, UGent, inv. BIB.MA.000009 © Ghent University Library 326–327
48.4 Jacob Neeffs after Philip Fruytiers and Martin Mandekens, Title Page to: Annus positionum mathematicarum, 1641. Ghent, UGent inv. BIB.Ma.000010. © Ghent University Li-brary 328
49 Jacob Neeffs after Philip Fruytiers, Austriaco Burgundico, ca. 1647–1656. Engraving, 22.3 × 17.2 cm. Brussels, KBr Prints, inv. SI28961. © Royal Library of Belgium, Brussels 330
50 Jacob Neeffs after Philip Fruytiers, Allegory in Honor of Ferdinand IV, 1653–1654. Engraving, 24.2 × 16.4 cm. Brussels, KBr, Prints, inv. SI 28956. © Royal Library of Belgium, Brussels 331
51 Jacob Neeffs after Jan Moerman, Jean Ferdinand van Beughem Presents His Philos-ophy Thesis to the Virgin with Child, 1650. Louvain-la-Neuve, Archives of the UCLouvain, inv. UA 20. © Archives of the UCLouvain 333
52 Jacob Neeffs after Jan Moerman, Diis Hecatombe, ca. 1635–1653. Engrav-ing, 26.5 × 35.4 cm. Brussels, KBr, Prints, inv. SI 30068. © Royal Library of Belgium, Brussels 334
53 Nicolas Lauwers after Jan Moerman, Philosophy Thesis Dedicated to the Vir-gin, 1652. Engraving, 70.2 × 55.3 cm. Vienna, Graphische Sammlung Albertina, inv. H/II/18/72. © Grafische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna 335
54 Petrus Clouwet after Jean-Baptiste Van Heil, Frontispiece to a Universal Philosophy Thesis with Portrait of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, 1655. Engraving, 41.2 × 26.5 cm. Brussels, KBr, Prints, inv. SI 11514. © Royal Library of Belgium, Brussels 337
55 Quirinus Boel after Jean-Baptiste Van Heil, Neptune and Bellona, Coat of Arms for: Theses problematicae quas…, 1656. Louvain, KU Leuven, BC, inv. KUL-C R3B10876/9. © KU Leuven Libraries 338
56 Michel Natalis after Bertholet Flémal, Disputatio ad Iurisprudentiae Romanae…, 1663. Engraving, 68 × 97.5 cm. Brussels, KBr, Prints, inv. SI 26793. © Royal Library of Belgium, Brussels 339
57 Richard Collin, Religion in a Flowerbed Cultivated by Students, ca. 1650–1697. Engraving, 50 × 72.2 cm. Brussels, KBr, Prints, inv. SI 12456. © Royal Library of Belgium, Brussels 341
58 Richard Collin, Frontispiece to Opera mathematica and Portrait of Cardinal Rospigliosi, 1668. Engravings, 30.8 × 19.5 cm. Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, inv. RP-P-BI-6127. © Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam 342
59 Richard Collin, Augustinus protractus, 1687. Coat of arms in a 4° booklet of 25 f. © Photo by the author 343
60 Richard van Orley, Allegorical Composition in Honor of the Academic Promotion of Prince Alexis of Nassau, 1691. Etching and engraving, 44.8 × 63.3 cm. Brussels, KBr, Prints, inv. SI 30084. © Royal Library of Belgium, Brussels 344
61 Lodewijk de Deyster, Philosophia, 1695. Broadside printed on silk and mounted on oil-painted canvas, 165 × 107 cm. Paris, Musée du Louvre, inv. RF 1994–8. © RMN-Grand Pal-ais (musée du Louvre). Photo by René-Gabriel Ojéda 346
62.2 Jean-Baptiste Berterham after Claude Duplessis, Gothard Joseph, Count of Der-nath, Dedicating His Thesis to Emperor Charles VI, 1718. Etching, 48.7 × 58.4 cm. Brussels, KBr, Prints, inv. SI 6642. © Royal Library of Belgium, Brussels 348
63 Anon., Theoremata mathematica scientiae staticae…, 1624. Title page: 13.4 × 16.6 cm. Ghent, UGent, inv. Res. 1449. © Ghent University Library 349
64 Anon., Conclusiones geometricae, 1637–1644. Engraving and etching, 56.5 × 41.3 cm. Bassenge auction house, 29 May 2019, lot 5116a. © Bassenge auction house 351
65 Abraham Santvoort, Philosophia Iesu suo saeculari societatis iubilaeo consecra-ta…, 1640. Four emblematic vignettes. Louvain, KU Leuven, BC, inv. KUL-C R3B10876/19. © KU Leuven Libraries, Louvain 352
66 Anon., Paraphrasis et theses sacrae in epistolam D. Pauli ad Romanos…, 1640. Engraved emblematic device. Louvain, KU Leuven, BC, inv. KUL-C R3B10876/15. © KU Leuven Libraries, Louvain 354
67 Anon., Doctrina et Pietate, 1640. Frontispiece to Theologia, 2° booklet of 13 f. Louvain, KU Leuven Documentatie- en onderzoekscentrum voor religie, cultu-ur en samenleving (KADOC), inv. ABSE 154. © KU Leuven, KADOC, Archief Belgische/Vlaamse provincie van de jezuïeten, Louvain 355
68 Adrien Moerman, Theses philosophicae quas, 1660. Coat of arms inserted in a 2° booklet of 10 f. Louvain, KU Leuven, BC, inv. KUL-C R3B10876/18. © KU Leu-ven Libraries, Louvain 356
69 Anon., Philosophia universa de microcosmo, 1667. Coat of arms inserted in an in-folio book of 130 p. Brussels, KBr, RB, inv. VB 1.458 C 23. © Royal Library of Belgium, Brussels 357
70 François Ertinger, Title page and vignette to: Positiones mathematicae, 1679. Etchings, 16.7 × 11.7 cm and 8.2 × 11.6 cm. Ghent, UGent, inv. MA.000176. © Ghent University Li-brary 358
71 Anon. [M.V.], Frontispiece to: Theses Philosophicae quas, 1692. Ghent, UGent, inv. BIB.G.007257/-4. © Ghent University Library 359
72 Anon., Sketch for a Thesis, 18th century. Ink on paper, 38.3 × 25 cm. Ant-werp, MPM, inv. PK.OT.01619. © Museum Plantin-Moretus/Prentenkabinet, Antwerp – UNESCO World Heritage 360
73 Nicolas van Loybos, Thesis Project with a Portrait of Saint Augustine, 18th century. Black chalck on paper, 23.6 × 18.7 cm. Antwerp, MPM, inv. PK.OT.02237. © Museum Plantin-Moretus/Prentenkabinet, Antwerp – UNESCO World Heritage 361
74.1 Anon., In Doctisimi Viri M. Guilielmi Estii Doctoratus honorem, 1580. Lou-vain, Rijksarchief, Fonds Oude Universiteit Louvain, inv. UL no. 498. © Photo from Aubert and d’Haenens 1976, 121 362
74.2 Anon., Disputatio Clementinae: si furiosus, de homicidio, 1597. Engrav-ing, 42.5 × 31.5 cm. Antwerp, MPM, inv. R 63.8.2.32. © Museum Plantin-Moretus, Antwerp – UNESCO World Heritage 363
74.3 Anon., Repetitio C. Ad apostolicam. x. De simonia, 1597. Engraving, 32 × 14.5 cm. Antwerp, MPM, inv. R 63.8 2:30 (f. [A]1 recto). © Museum Plantin-Moretus, Antwerp – UNESCO World Heritage 364
74.4 Anon., Repetitio C. Ad apostolicam. x. De simonia, 1597. Engraving, 28.9 × 14.5 cm. Antwerp, MPM, inv. R 63.8 2:31. © Museum Plantin-Moretus, Antwerp – UNESCO World Heritage 365
75 Anon., Disputatio L.CL de Evictionibus, 1605. Louvain, Rijksarchief, Fonds Oude Universiteit Louvain, inv. 660. © Photo from Aubert and d’Haenens 1976, 100 366
76 Anon., Disputatio de Interdictis…, 1607. Louvain, KU Leuven Li-braries, BC, inv. CaaTHj321. © KU Leuven Libraries, Louvain 367
77 Anon., Conclusiones de universa philosophia, 1633. Printed on silk and gou-ache decoration, 105 × 57 cm. Mechelen, Museum Hof van Busleyden, inv. G0123. © Museum Hof van Busleyden, Mechelen 368
78 Anon., Philosophia, 1637. Printed on silk and gouache decoration, 114 × 72 cm. Mechelen, Museum Hof van Busleyden, inv. G0124. © Museum Hof van Busleyden, Meche-len 369
79 Anon., Octo libri physicorum, ca. 1640–1662. © Belgian private collec-tion 370
80 Anon., Philosophia, before 1652. © Belgian private collec-tion 371
81 Anon., Thesis in philosophy dedicated to Jacob Santvort, 1657. Printed on silk, margins decorated with gouache, 106.5 × 52.5 cm. Louvain, KU Leuven, Art Collection, inv. T21. © KU Leuven, Art Collection, Louvain 372
82 Anon., Theoremata de dignitate Sacerdotum, 1665. Antwerp, MPM, inv. R 63.8 2:58. © Photo by the author 373
83 Anon., Philosophia moralis, before 1666. Engraving, 87 × 47 cm. © Belgian private collection 374
84 Cornelis Galle the Younger after Jacob du Quesnoy, Philosophia rationalis, 1667. Engraving, 79 × 55 cm. Antwerp, MPM, no inv. number. © Museum Plantin-Moretus/Prentenkabinet, Antwerp – UNESCO World Heritage 375
85 Philibert Bouttats (1650–1722) after François Chauveau, Alexander the Great Tram-pling on Wealth to be Committed to Virtue, ca. 1670–1676. Engraving, 49 × 34.8 cm. Brussels, KBr, Prints, inv. SI 9218. © Royal Library of Belgium, Brussels 376
86 Anon., Conclusiones theologicae de virtute et sacramento poenitentiae, 1714. Ink and gouache on silk, 161 × 75 cm. Liège, University Library (KIK-IRPA no. 10124430). © KIK-IRPA, Brussels 377
87 Anon., Theses philosophicae, 1736. Ink and painting on silk, 134 × 75 cm. Louvain, KU Leuven, Art Collection, inv. T11. © KU Leuven, Art Collection, Lou-vain 378
88 Anon., Philosophia, 1738. Broadsheet: 112 cm. Brussels, AGR, inv. EP11429/03. © Photo by the author 379
89 Anon., Conclusiones philosophicae, 1755. Printed broadside and painted margins, 136.5 × 74.5 cm. Louvain, KU Leuven, Art Collection, inv. T12. © KU Leuven, Art Collection, Louvain 380
90 Anon., Conclusiones philosophicae, 1762. In-plano broad-side. Louvain, KU Leuven Libraries, inv. BRES CaaTHA2. © KU Leuven Libraries, Lou-vain 381
91 Nicolas Lauwers, Theses philosophicae, 1763. In-plano broadside. Louvain, KU Leuven Libraries, inv. BRES CaaTHA20. © KU Leuven Libraries, Louvain 382
92 Michael Hayé after W.D. Haen, Conclusiones philosophicae, 1771. In-plano broadside. Louvain, KU Leuven Libraries, inv. BRES CaaTHA1. © KU Leuven Libraries, Louvain 383