Den spiegel van Sassen va[n] allen keyserlijken rechten

Vorsterman, Willem, active 1504-1543 printer http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prt, Eike, von Repgow, approximately 1180-approximately 1233 compiler http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/com, Arenberg, Prosper Louis, 1785-1861 former owner http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fmo, Serrure, Constant Philippe, 1805-1872 former owner http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fmo, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) contributor · 1504 · Antwerpen : Gheprent by Willem Vorsterman, [1504] · 22 pictures

Den spiegel van Sassen is a 1504 law book printed in Antwerp by Willem Vorsterman, compiling the Saxon law code attributed to Eike von Repgow for legal readers of the Holy Roman Empire. Its pages are dense black-letter type with red decorated initials, paragraph marks and marginal headings, and a designer might take from them the rhythm of red and black hierarchy and the bold drop-cap letterforms.

Antwerp · Belgium · Early works · Holy Roman Empire · Law · Law, saxon

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