Il trinciante di M. Vincenzo Cervio ...
Il trinciante by Vincenzo Cervio, printed in Venice in 1581 by the heirs of Francesco Tramezini, is a Renaissance manual on the art of carving meat for dining, aimed at cooks and household servants. Its pictures are small woodcut initials and framed vignettes, including putti, a winged figure, a sibyl labelled SIBYLLA, and a historiated letter with figures and foliage, offering designers dense, decorative ornament for letterforms and frames.
