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Tabellae selectae ac explicatae

Patin, Charlotte Catherine, approximately 1660- · 1691 · Patavii, Ex Typographia Seminarii · 38 pictures

Tabellae selectae ac explicatae is a 1691 Latin treatise on Italian Renaissance and sixteenth- and seventeenth-century painting, printed at Padua by the seminary press and attributed to Charlotte Catherine Patin. Its pages open with large decorative historiated initials, set in a printed text block, showing a designer how woodcut letters combine foliage, flowers, and small animals. The scans suggest a useful source for ornamental capitals in which stylised leaves and blossoms frame a single letter-form.

Painting, Italian -- 16th century · Painting, Italian -- 17th century · Painting, Italian -- Appreciation -- Early works to 1800 · Painting, Renaissance -- Italy -- Early works to 1800 · Painting, Renaissance · Painting, Italian

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