Commentarius breuis rerum in orbe gestarum, ab anno salutis 1500. vsque in annum 1568.
A Latin chronicle by Laurentius Surius, drawing on Joannes Nauclerus, printed at Cologne in 1568 by Gerwin Calenius and the heirs of Johann Quentel, covering world events from 1500 to 1568 for a scholarly readership. The single picture is a heraldic achievement: a crested helmet with a mantling, a crowned or winged crest ornament, and a shield bearing a chevron above a motto scroll reading 'Gaudeo'. A designer could take from it the dense scrolling acanthus leaves, symmetrical framing, and the shield-and-banner layout typical of sixteenth-century armorial engraving.
