Didon, tragedie mise en musique
A 1693 Paris music score of Henri Desmarets's opera Didon, printed by Christophe Ballard and held by Brigham Young University; the four pictures are decorative printed border strips rather than scenes. Their dense, symmetrical scroll-and-leaf ornament, with acanthus-like curls, rosettes and interlaced stems, offers a designer model for historical frame or border patterns, while the first strip's bolder, blackletter-like motifs show a simpler repeating rhythm.
