Jacobi Gualle jureconsulti Papie sanctuarium
A 1505 Latin printed book from Pavia, produced by the printer Jacobus de Burgofranco for a legal and devotional readership, with text by jurist Jacobus Gualla. Its pages pair dense black-letter columns with woodcut historiated initials and framed figure cuts of bishops and a crowned ruler. A designer could take from them the strong contrast of a medieval block-print page, with ornate capital letters that frame text and figures in clear boxed compartments.
