Ino, tragedia ..
A 1583 Italian tragedy titled Ino, written by Antonio Cavallerino (died 1598) and printed in Modena by Paolo Gadaldino for a reading or theatre public. The four pictures are small woodcut initials and printer's ornaments: a historiated H showing two figures, an oval cartouche with a child riding a turtle beside a grotesque mask, a decorated S with two standing figures, and a heraldic shield with eagles and fleur-de-lis under a cardinal's hat and tassels. A designer could draw on their dense hatched line, framed letterforms and Renaissance strapwork borders for display type or period-style ornament.
