kənsˈɪdɚɹɪŋ ðə sˈoːɹsᵻz, hiː jˈuːzd wɪðˌɪn ðə kˈaʊntɚɹᵻfoːɹmˈeɪʃən, hɪz tʃˈɔɪs wʌz ɔːlɹˌɛdi ˈɑːbsəlˌiːt ɪn hɪz ˈeɪdʒ, sˈɪns dˈʊɹɹɪŋ ðə kˈæθlɪk bɚɹˈoʊk pˈiəɹɪəd, hiː fˈaʊnd hɪz mˈɑːdəlz ɪn kˈæθlɪk lˈɪɾɚɹᵻtʃɚɹ ʌvðə lˈeɪt mˈɪdəl ˈeɪdʒᵻz, wˌɪtʃ dˈʌzənt mˈiːn ðæt hiː wʌz nˌɑːt wˈɛl vˈɜːst ɪnðə lˈɪɾɚɹᵻtʃɚɹ ʌv hɪz tˈaɪm.
Considering the sources, he used within the Counter-Reformation, his choice was already obsolete in his age, since during the Catholic Baroque period, he found his models in Catholic literature of the late Middle Ages, which doesn't mean that he was not well versed in the literature of his time.