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Mousaiou Poiemation Ta kath' Hērō kai Leandron ; Orpheōs Argonautika ; Tou autou humnoi ; Orpheus peri lithōn = Musaei Opusculum de Herone & Leandro ; Orphei argonautica ; Eiusdem hymni ; Orpheus de lapidibus

Musaeus, Grammaticus, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress), Aedes Aldi et Andreae Asulani Soceri, printer · 1517 · Venetiis : In aedibus Aldi et Andreae soceri, mense Nouembri MDXVII [1517] · 4 pictures

This 1517 Venetian edition was printed by Aldus Manutius and Andreas Asulanus in Venice for Greek and Latin readers, collecting the poems of Musaeus, Orpheus and their hymns. The woodcuts are small, crisp black-line blocks: an anchor with a dolphin coiled round its shank, and a pair of stone towers with a swimmer's sea below, set among running text. A designer could take the bold, simple linework of the anchor device and the compact tower-and-water vignette as models for emblematic marks.

Greek mythological character) · Hero (greek mythology) · Italy · Leander · Orpheus · Poetry · Venice

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