Stephani Nigri elega[n]tissime è greco author[um] subditor[um] tra[n]slationes : uidelicet, Philostrati Icones, Pythagore̜ Carme[n] aureu[m], Athene̜i collectanea, Musonij philosophi Tyrij de pri[n]cipe optîmo, Isocratis d[e] regis muneribus or[?]o, & alia ..

Niger, Stephanus, Philostratus, the Athenian, 2nd/3rd cent. Imagines, Niger, Stephanus. Opus de nimia obsoniorum appetentia · 1521 · [Mediolani : imp. Io. de Castelliono] · 3 pictures

A 1521 Milan printed anthology of Greek texts translated into Latin by Stephanus Niger, including Philostratus's descriptions of paintings and Pythagorean verses, aimed at humanist scholars and readers of classical literature. Its three title pages carry the same dense strapwork border of scrolling foliage, grotesque masks and fleshy acanthus, with the Latin title set in a central panel, a model for ornamental framing.

Greek literature · Painting · Mythology, Classical, in art

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