DISSERTATION I.

PHILOLOGICAL

BY F. J. FRONTON, CANON REGULAR

in the Monastery of Saint-Geneviève, and

Chancellor of the University of Paris,

ON VIRGINITY

HONORED, LEARNED,

ADORED, FRUITFUL.

To the Most Illustrious and Venerable Chapter of Chartres.

George’s
College
31

Saint
Aug. Vindel.
33.

A circular emblem framed by a wreath of leaves and flowers shows a pelican in her piety, piercing her breast to feed her young with her own blood, a classic emblem of self-sacrifice and Christological devotion. In the background, a landscape features a coastal city with fortifications and a boat upon the water.

PARIS,

At the shop of SÉBASTIEN CRAMOISY, Chief Printer to the King and the Queen Regent: AND GABRIEL CRAMOISY. On Saint-Jacques Street, at the sign of the Storks.

1651.

WITH THE PERMISSION OF THE SUPERIORS.