The phaenix in her flames : a tragedie : the scene, Arabia
A 1639 London tragedy titled The Phaenix in her Flames, written by William Lower, printed by Thomas Harper for the bookseller Michael Young, and set in Arabia. Its pictures are small woodcut horizontal bands of ornament: scrolling foliage, rosettes, thistle-like flowers, interlaced arabesques, and a pair of putti with a dark-patterned background. A designer might take from them dense border strips and repeating vegetal motifs suited to headers, dividers, or panels in period style.
