Dichiaratione dell'arco fatto in Padova nella venvta della serenissima reina Bona di Polonia
A 1516 Italian printed description of a triumphal arch erected in Padua for the arrival of Queen Bona of Poland, written by Alessandro Bassani and printed by Gratioso Percacino for a courtly audience. The four pictures are woodcuts: two pairs of Roman-style coin medallions with laureate emperor profiles and Latin legends, a leafy woodcut initial I framed by foliage, and a dragon-like serpent with a crown rising from flames as a printer's ornament. Designers might draw on the classical medallion lettering, the foliate initial frames, and the flame-and-serpent tailpiece.
