Compendio del gran volvme de l'arte del bene et leggiadramente scrivere tvtte le sorti di lettere et caratteri : con le lor regole, misure, & essempi
A 1578 Venetian penmanship manual by Giovanni Battista Palatino, published by the heirs of Marchio Sessa, offering writing instruction and alphabets for students and scribes. Its pages are framed title panels and ornamental script specimens, with decorated capitals, flourished lines and printed alphabet rows that a designer could draw on for lettering and border ideas.
