La pompa fvnebre et le esseqvie del gia re christianissimo di Francia Francesco primo di qvesto nome
A 1547 Venetian printed account of the funeral rites and obsequies of Francis I, King of France, issued by the publisher Paolo Gherardo for an Italian readership. The two woodcuts are small decorative devices: an eagle with spread wings perched on a lectern-like stand above an open book, and an ornamental initial M with a figure playing a pipe in its strokes. A designer could draw on their compact, boldly outlined forms for emblem-style vignettes and decorative capitals.
