Mundus nouus
Mundus nouus is a 1504 Latin account of voyages attributed to Amerigo Vespucci, printed in Augsburg by Johannes Otmar for a learned readership. The single picture is an engraved heraldic coat of arms with a crest of a winged dragon-like creature, a shield bearing an eagle and three chevron-marked devices, scrolling acanthus mantling, and a banner inscribed GAUDEO. A designer could take from it the symmetrical armorial layout, the mantling scrolls and the ribbon motto as a model for crests, seals or badges.
