Givditta : rappresentata
A 1589 Italian printed book, Givditta, by Giovanni Andrea Ploti, published in Piacenza by Giovanni Bazachi, with its decorated initial letters and tailpiece ornaments in woodcut. The pictures are small black-and-white woodcut historiated initials, each a framed letter with a scene, plus a vase ornament, showing figures at work and interior settings. A designer could take from them the compact, hand-cut woodcut vocabulary of framed initials that pairs a large letter with a miniature narrative scene.
