Byzantinae historiae Libri XI : quibus res a Graecis Imperatorib. per annos CXLV a Theodoro Lascari priore usque ad Andronici Palaeologi posterioris obitum gestae describuntur...
This is a 1562 Latin edition of Byzantine histories, edited by Hieronymus Wolf and printed in Basel by Johannes Oporinus for a scholarly readership. Its pictures are small woodcut historiated initials, each letter framed by foliage and enclosing figures in a Renaissance manner; a designer could draw on their compact letter-and-figure compositions, dense cross-hatched borders, and contained narrative scenes for decorative capitals or title panels.
