Evropae gavdivm de felicissimis nvptiis serenissimorum Cosmi Medycis, & Mariae Austriaca principum
A 1608 Latin celebratory poem printed at Bologna by Giovanni Battista Bellagamba by Christopher Palmer, marking the marriage of Cosimo II de' Medici and Maria Maddalena of Austria. The picture is a large decorative initial Q framed by a roundel showing a kneeling nude figure with robed attendants and a figure at the top, all in bold woodcut lines with heavy black outlines and dense hatching, a model for a designer working with inset initials and figurative woodcut border ornament.
