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Significato de i colori et de' mazzolli

Morato, Fulvio Pellegrino · 1606 · In Venetia : Appresso Lucio Spineda · 4 pictures

A 1606 Venetian printed book by Fulvio Pellegrino Morato of Mantua, published by Lucio Spineda, explaining the symbolic meanings of colours and of flower bouquets for a general reading public. Its pictures are small woodcut printer's ornaments: a winged cherub cartouche, a classical mask frieze, a flourished decorated initial D, and an ornamental title-page device, offering a designer models of compact historical borders, initials and emblematic panels.

Symbolism of colors · Flowers · Flower language

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