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Index generales in omnes d. Bonaventurae Super quatuor libros sententiarum Petri Lombardi dilucidationes quinque syntagmatibus distinctum, absolutumve opus: undique elegantiam, integritatem, & eruditionem apprimè redolens

Balainio, Joannes, fl. 1580 · 1573 · Venetiis : Ad signum Seminantis · 7 pictures

This 1573 Latin index by Joannes Balainio, printed in Venice at the Ad signum Seminantis press, indexes Bonaventure's commentary on Peter Lombard's Sentences for scholars and clergy. The four pictures are small woodcut initials, each letter framed in a square of interlaced foliage, scrolls and stylised leaves, offering a compact repertoire of Renaissance decorative lettering a designer could adapt for capitals.

Bonaventure, Saint, Cardinal, ca. 1217-1274

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