Amadis, tragedie
Amadis is a 1684 opera libretto with music by Jean-Baptiste Lully, published in Paris by Christophe Ballard. The pictures are wood-engraved decorative headpieces and tailpieces: a strip with a coat of arms flanked by seated allegorical figures, a dense foliate scroll ornament, and a symmetrical panel with an oval cartouche, lettered band, and figures at either side. A designer might take the balanced symmetry, the foliate scrollwork, and the framed central medallion as layout models.
