Vitae et icones sultanorum Turcicorum, principum Persarum aliorumq[ue] illustrium heroum heroinarumq[ue] ab Osmane usq[ue] ad Mahometem II : ad vivum ex antiquis mettallis effictae, primum ex Co[n]sta[n]tinopoli D. Imp. Ferdina[n]do oblatae nunc descriptae & tetras[t]ichis succinctis illustratae

Boissard, Jean Jacques, 1528-1602, Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598, Hoefnagel, Joris, 1542-1601, Lonicerus, Johann Adam, b. 1557. Pannoniae historia chronologica · 1596 · Francf. ad Moen : [De Bry] · 135 pictures

Vitae et icones sultanorum Turcicorum is a 1596 Frankfurt book of Ottoman sultans and Persian rulers, compiled by Boissard, de Bry, Hoefnagel and Lonicerus, with portraits taken from ancient medals and short verses for readers. The four pictures here are decorative initial letters: a C, a mask-like cartouche, an M and an O, each built from scrolls, foliage and grotesque faces in woodcut line, offering designers ready models for ornamental capitals and framing devices.

Sultans

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