Justi Rycquii De Capitolio Romano commentarius : in quo, illustria ejus olim aedificia, sacra, & profana : deorum dearumque nomina, arcus item triumphales, columnae, statuae, tropaea, colossi, caeteraque ornamenta adcuratè describuntur, & plura alia antiquitatis monimenta proferuntur, emendantur, explicantur
A 1669 Latin scholarly commentary on the Roman Capitol, written by Josse de Rycke and published in Leiden by the Gaasbeeck press for classical antiquarians and students of Roman history. Its pages show ancient coins and medallions drawn as framed circular roundels, each with a small temple or deity, and the inscriptions around their rims. A designer could take from them the compact circular medallion layout, classical temple and column motifs, and the engraved lettering set within borders.
