I marmi del Doni, academico peregrino
I marmi del Doni is a 1552 Venetian book printed by Francesco Marcolini and written by Anton Francesco Doni, an Italian author of satirical dialogues for a literate readership. Its woodcut pictures sit inside heavy ornamental frames of scrolls, masks, and garlands, with small scenes of horsemen, a boatman, a colonnaded hall, and a battle, showing how Renaissance designers framed narrative images with decorative borders.
