Ethicus stylobates colossi sancti cardinalis Caroli magnalium patratoris, siue, Illustriss.mae Borromaeorum familiae elogium
A 1618 Milanese printed genealogy by Basilius Serenius, honouring Saint Charles Borromeo and the Borromeo family, a dense Latin tribute built on family-tree diagrams. The pictures are pen-ruled circles, each holding a name and a date, linked by horizontal lines and branches, with a few small drawn ornaments such as a mitre and figures. A designer could take from them the look of a hand-annotated diagram: overlapping rings, ledger-like numerals and spare line work that suits infographics or chart layouts.
