Epitome regii ac vetvstissimi ortus sacrae caesarae ac Catholic̜e maiestatis, serenissimi quoq[ue] principis & domini, Dn. Ferdinandi, Vngariae ac Bohemiae regis, omniumq[ue] archiducum Austriae, ac Habsburgensium comitum

Gebwiler, Hieronymus, 1480-1545, Gebweiler, Hieronymus, 1480-1545. Epitoma regii ac vetustissimi ortus sacrae cesaree atque catholice maiestatis Ferdinandi Boemii regis · 1530 · Haganoae [Haguenau] : Ex officina Iohannis Secerii · 22 pictures

A 1530 Latin genealogy of the Habsburg dynasty by Hieronymus Gebwiler, printed at Haguenau by Johannes Secerius for the court of King Ferdinand I. Its pictures are woodcut portraits of rulers in crowns and armour, set beside decorated initial letters and text blocks. A designer could take from them the stiff dignified frontal and profile poses, the dense black-and-white line work, and the ornamental capitals framed with scrollwork.

Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1503-1564 · Habsburg, House of

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