Syntagma de ponderibus, et mensuris : in quo veterum nummorum pretium, ac mensurarum quantitas demonstratur
Syntagma de ponderibus et mensuris is a 1711 treatise by Bartolommeo Beverini, published by Frediani, on ancient coin values and measurement quantities, written for scholars of weights and measures. Its single picture is a red wax seal impression, a pointed oval shape with a standing robed figure holding an object and a band of lettering around the rim against a dark ground. A designer could take from it the strong contrast of saturated red wax against dark centre and the rim lettering as a decorative border motif.
