Tusculanae disputationes, dt.
A German translation of Cicero's Tusculan Disputations, dated 1501 and held by Heidelberg University Library, written as a manuscript with hand-painted decoration. The first picture shows a heraldic bear supporting a shield of blue and black diamond checks with gold lions, and the second an initial letter with interlaced knotwork, green and blue acanthus-like scrollwork and red and gold script, suggesting how early German manuscripts combined heraldry, interlace and tinted lettering for a designer's motifs.
