In funere ser.mi d. d. Vincentii Gonzagae, Mantuae ac Montisferrati ducis oratio
A 1628 funeral oration for Vincenzo II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, written by Ludovico Chieppio and printed at Mantua by the Osanna brothers for mourners and court readers. The two pictures are a large decorative initial S built from interlaced scrollwork and a coat of arms set within a crowned oval cartouche with foliate and shell borders, both in heavy black woodcut style that a designer could draw on for historical ornament and heraldic framing.
