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L'Isola beata : torneo fatto nella citta di Ferrara per la venvta del serenissimo principe Carlo, arcidvca d'Avstria a XXV di maggio M.D.LXIX

Estense Tassone, Hercole · 1569 · [Italy? : s.n, · 1 picture

L'Isola beata is a 1569 Italian account of a tournament held at Ferrara for the visit of Archduke Charles of Austria, written by Hercole Estense Tassone and probably printed in Italy. The picture is a large decorative woodcut initial H, with a bearded man in a roundel above a nude figure set between foliage and a tree trunk, offering a dense, hatched black-and-white model for historical borders and capitals.

Charles, Archduke of Austria, 1540-1590 · Visits of state · Tournaments, Medieval · Festivals

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