Comoediae. Comm. Aelius Donatus, Guido Juvenalis.
This is a late fifteenth-century Lyon printing of Terence's comedies with the commentaries of Donatus and Guido Juvenalis, printed for scholars and students of Latin. The page shows a dense block of Latin text in gothic-style type with a large decorative initial letter and smaller historiated initials, with a few printed speaker names and a rubricated heading above; a designer could take from it the ornamental power of hand-set initials, the rhythm of two-column commentary around a central text, and the contrast of red and black ink.
