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The tragedie of Gorboduc

Norton, Thomas, 1532-1584, Dorset, Thomas Sackville, Earl of, 1536-1608 · 1565 · London : Imprynted in Fletestrete, at the signe of the faucon, by W. Griffith, and are to be sold at his shop in Saincte Dunstones Churchyarde in the West of London · 5 pictures

The tragedie of Gorboduc is a 1565 English verse tragedy by Thomas Norton and Thomas Sackville, printed in London by William Griffith at the sign of the falcon for sale in St Dunstan's Churchyard. The pictures are small woodcut printer's ornaments: a griffin holding a shield with a monogram, a roundel with a winged lion-like beast, a decorated initial T with foliage and grotesque figures, and a monogram with crossed letters and a cross-stroke device. A designer could draw on their compact, dense black-line vernacular ornament for borders, initials, and emblem marks.

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