Sommare beschrijuinghe vãde triumphelijcke incomst vanden doorluchtighen ende hooghgheboren aerts-hertoge Matthias : binnen die princelijcke stadt van Brussele : in t'iaer ons Heeren M.D.LXXVIII. den xviij dach Januarij : midtsgaders die tanneelen, poincten, figuren ende spectaculen, die inde voorseyde incompste (ter eeren van sijne doorluchticheyt) zijn verthoont ghevveest, met meer ander saken, die doen ter tijt gheschiet zijn
A 1579 Dutch-language account printed by Christoffel Plantijn in Antwerp, describing the ceremonial entry of Archduke Matthias into Brussels, with its theatrical scenes, decorative devices and street spectacles prepared for the occasion. The pictures are finely cut woodcut and engraved borders, arches and emblematic panels. A designer could draw on their dense strapwork frames, caryatid-like figures and allegorical tableaux for period ornament.
