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Laurentij Pignorij Patavini De servis, et eorum apud veteres ministerijs commentarius : in hac ultima editione pro rerum diversitate discretus in capita additis titulis denotata : accessit, Symbolarum epistolicarum liber

Pignoria, Lorenzo, 1571-1631, Frambotti, Pietro Maria, 17th cent, Welser, Anton, d. 1618. De zeta et zetario, Pignoria, Lorenzo, 1571-1631. Symbolarum epistolicarum liber · 1694 · Patavij : Typis Petri Mariae Frambotti · 53 pictures

A 1694 Latin commentary on ancient household servants and slavery, printed at Padua by Pietro Maria Frambotti and written by the antiquarian Lorenzo Pignoria for scholars and collectors of antiquities. Its pictures are small woodcut ornaments: a fluted column base, a carved relief panel with figures and roundels, two classical medallion heads, and a scrolled cartouche framing a standing figure, useful for a designer seeking antique classical ornament and border motifs.

Pignoria, Lorenzo, 1571-1631 · Slavery · Household employees

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