Ioannis Baptistae Pinelli Genvensis, In nuptias serenissimorvm hetrvriae principvm, Cosmi Medices, et Mariae Magdalenae Avstriacae, Odae III
This is a 1608 Florentine printed ode by Giovanni Battista Pinelli, published by Volcmar Timan, celebrating the wedding of Cosimo II de' Medici and Maria Maddalena of Austria. The first picture is a woodcut cartouche with an oval shield, winged putti and a crown, and the second is a printed page opening with a large historiated initial V beside roman-type verse. A designer might take from them the layered framing of a shield within carved scrollwork and the contrast between a decorative capital letter and dense text.
