La Semiramis : tragedia
La Semiramis is a 1593 tragedy by Muzio Manfredi, printed in Bergamo by Comin Ventura and held by the Getty Research Institute, about the Assyrian queen Semiramis. Its pictures are decorative woodcut initials, letters L, C and D set in square frames of stylised acanthus-like foliage with hatched leaves, a dense Renaissance ornament a designer could adapt for capitals, borders or framed lettering.
