Joannis Olivae Rhodigini In marmor Isiacum Romae nuper effossum exercitationes
A 1719 Roman scholarly treatise by Giovanni Maria Salvioni's press, with Jean Oliva's commentary on a newly excavated Isiac marble, written for antiquarians and scholars. The pictures are small engraved initial letters and vignettes with grotesque, classical and votive motifs: a decorated C wreathed in foliage, an M framed with tools and a winged helmeted head, a putto holding a torch with a Latin scroll, and a votive pedestal inscribed IDI SACR with a bell-shaped object. Their compact framed panels, mixed foliage and emblematic objects offer a designer a model for monogram frames and heraldic-style decorative borders.
