Cartouche from Dedication Page
This woodcut features a scroll-work oval cartouche or frame, with a wide-brimmed hat on top of it. Two cherubs, or winged putti, one on either side, hold multi-tassled rope. I don’t know the significance of the broad-brimmed hat here. [more...] [$]
A double-page spread from the book. [$]
An overview of a larger part of the same page as the detail. [$]
A close-up of part of the page. [$]
an older manuscript was reused for the binding. [$]
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