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De serpente aeneo Ambrosianae basilicae Mediolani micrologus

Bosca, Pietro Paolo, 1632-1699, Vigone, Francesco, 17th cent · 1675 · Mediolani : Ex typographia Francisci Vigoni · 13 pictures

A 1675 Latin micrologus printed in Milan by Francesco Vigone, written by Pietro Paolo Bosca on the bronze serpent of the Ambrosian basilica, aimed at scholars and churchgoers. The four pictures are woodcut initial letters: an H framing a vessel and scrollwork, a P with figures beside a column, an A over a hilly town with trees, and a C enclosing a walled city and boats, useful to a designer for compact framed capitals with landscape insets.

Sant'Ambrogio (Church : Milan, Italy) · Columns · Brazen serpent

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