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Relazione dello sposalizio fatto nella citta di Modena dalla serenissima Wilelmina Amalia d'Hannover, sposa della Sacra Maestà di Gioseppe primo, rè de' Romani, &c., nell'anno MDCXCIX : con l'interuento dell'eminentiss. e reuerendiss. signor card. Boncompagni, legato à latere di Nostro Signore

Chracas, Luca Antonio · 1699 · In Roma : Per Luca Antonio Chracas ... · 1 picture

A 1699 Roman printed account by Luca Antonio Chracas describing the wedding at Modena of Wilhelmina Amalia of Hanover to Joseph I, King of the Romans, with the papal legate present. The picture is a single large decorative initial letter, a tall capital P built from ornate scrolling acanthus-like foliage, with leafy tendrils, curls, and a flower sprouting from the upper right. A designer might take from it a bold, heavy initial with interlaced scrollwork as a model for display lettering or a drop-cap motif.

Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1678-1711 · Wilhelmina Amalia, Empress, consort of Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1673-1742 · Royal weddings

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