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Difesa della nobilta napoletana

Borrelli, Carlo, fl. 1653, Ughelli, Ferdinando, 1595-1670 · 1655 · In Roma : Appresso l'herede di Manelfo Manelfi · 66 pictures

A 1655 Roman printed treatise by Carlo Borrelli and Ferdinando Ughelli defending Neapolitan nobility, its pages carrying small woodcut coats of arms for noble families. The four shields show heraldic designs: a black double-headed eagle on a diagonal band, a zigzag of triangles on a bend, a lion above chevrons, and two rampant lions beside a chevron. A designer could draw on their bold silhouette shapes, strong black-and-white contrast, and the decorative logic of diagonal bands and chevrons.

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