Museum italicum, seu, Collectio veterum scriptorum ex bibliothecis italicis
Museum italicum is a 1687 Paris collection of Latin texts from Italian libraries, compiled by the monks Jean Mabillon and Michel Germain for scholars and churchmen. Its woodcut ornaments show decorative headpieces built from scrolls, shell-like cartouches, urns of flowers and hanging garlands, with a sturdy, symmetrical layout a designer could borrow for classical frames, dividers and heraldic-style emblems.
