Antiquitates Italicae Medii Aevi, Sive Dissertationes De Moribus, Ritibus, Religione, Regimine, Magistratibus, Legibus ... post declinationem Rom. Imp. ad Annum usque MD: Omnia Illustrantur, Et Confirmantur Ingenti Copia Diplomatum Et Chartarum Veterum, Nunc primùm ex Archivis Italiae depromtarum, Additis Etiam Nummis, Chronicis, Aliisque Monumentis Numquam Antea Editis
Muratori's 1779 Latin-titled survey of medieval Italian customs, religion, government and laws, edited for scholars and drawn from Italian archives, held by Heidelberg University Library. The four pictures are small printed decorations: a square ornamental block with a letter A, a historiated initial L showing hillside houses, a strapwork tailpiece with a central urn, and a Heidelberg library ownership stamp, which is a catalogue mark rather than part of the book's design. A designer might take the interlaced scrollwork and the framed initial letter as models for borders and drop caps.
