P. Ouidij Nasonis Metamorphoseon libri XV

Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D, Regio, Raffaele, ca. 1450-1520, Moltzer, Jakob, 1503-1558, Lactantius, Placidus, Rhodiginus, Lodovicus, Caelius, 1469-1525, Egnazio, Giovanni Battista, ca. 1478-1553, Glareanus, Henricus, 1488-1563, Longueil, Gilbert de. 1507-1543, Constantius, Jacobus, Griffio, Giovanni, fl. 1545-1576, printer · 1565 · Venetiis : Apud Ioan. Gryphium · 63 pictures

Ovid's Metamorphoses in fifteen books, printed in Venice in 1565 by Giolito's successor Ioan. Gryphius, with commentary by Regio and Lactantius Placidus, for scholars and students of classical mythology. Its woodcut panels show mythological episodes in tidy framed scenes with Latin captions, including a nativity-like birth scene, a violent slaying, a mythic founding, and a fleet at a shore, offering a designer compact narrative compositions, dense text blocks, and figures in classical dress.

Metamorphosis · Mythology, Classical

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