In funere illustr.mi ac reuer.mi dd. Caroli Bouii episcopi sarsinatensis oratio
A 1646 Latin funeral oration for the bishop Carlo Bovio, written by Camillo Rodengo and printed in Bologna by the heirs of Vittorio Benacci for a clerical and scholarly readership. The pictures are small woodcut decorations: a grotesque mask flanked by two beasts, a winged putto riding a sea creature beside a pendant branch, and a decorated initial S with interlaced ornament. A designer could draw on their compact, hand-cut line work, with dense hatching and scrollwork that suit ornamental borders, headpieces and monogram letters.
