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Torneo fatto sotto il castello d'Argio da' ss. caualieri bolognesi il di IX. febraio 1578

1578 · In Bologna : Per Giouanni Rossi · 14 pictures

A 1578 Italian tournament account printed in Bologna by Giovanni Rossi, recording a jousting festival held below the castle of Argio by Bolognese knights. The pictures are decorative woodcut initials with leafy, scrolling foliage set in square frames, showing how historic printers built ornament around a single letter for a designer's borders and capitals.

Festivals · Tournaments, Medieval

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