Ordo dedicationis obelisci : quem S.D.N. Sixtvs V. pont. max. in Foro Vaticano ad limina apostolorum erexit, et benedictionis item crucis quam in eius fastigio collocauit V. kal. Octob. feria sexta, anno M.D.XXVCVI ...
A 1586 Roman liturgical booklet printed by Bartholomaeus Grassius, recording the rite by which Pope Sixtus V dedicated the Vatican obelisk and its cross in St Peter's Square, compiled by Pietro Galesini for clergy and church officials. Its pictures are small woodcut historiated initials and ornamental capitals, one with a seated figure beside a letter B and a kneeling figure beside an R, plus a framed lion's head cartouche; a designer could draw on their dense hatching, decorative scrollwork and compact letterform framing.
