Promtvarii Iconvm Insigniorvm À Secvlo Hominvm, subiectis eorum vitis, per compendiu[m] ex probatissimis autoribus desumptis ... Pars: Promtvarii Iconvm Pars ..., Jncipiens à Christo nato, & perpetuam ducens seriem ad vsque Christianißimum Franciae ac Poloniae Regem Henricvm hoc nomine tertium, hodie feliciter regnantem

Rouillé, Guillaume, Rouillé, Guillaume [Bearb.] · 1581 · 303 pictures

This is a 1581 Latin portrait book by Guillaume Rouillé, the Promtuarii Iconum Insigniorum, a compendium of medallion-style likenesses of rulers from Christ onward, printed for scholars and collectors and dedicated to Henri III of France and Poland. Each portrait sits inside a circular frame with the ruler's name and title lettered around the rim, in woodcut profile or three-quarter views. A designer could take the rim lettering set in a curved arc and the dense crosshatched woodcut modelling of hair, beards, and armour as models for emblem-like roundels.

Cicognara · Parte Seconda · Numismatica, e Pietre Intagliate

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