P. Ouidii Metamorphosis : cum luculentissimis Raphaelis Regij enarrationibus : quibus cũ alia q̃da[m] ascripta sunt : q̃ in exemplarib[us] antea impressis nom inueniuntur : tum eorum apologia : q̃ fuerant a quibusdam reprehensa

Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D, Regius, Raphaello, d.1520, Rusconi, Giorgio de' · 1517 · Venetiis : Georgius de Rusconibus Mediolanẽnsis · 33 pictures

This is a 1517 Venetian printed edition of Ovid's Metamorphoses, published by Georgius de Rusconibus with commentary by Raphael Regius for a scholarly readership of Latin students. Its woodcuts are small framed narrative scenes of classical myth, with figures in period dress, trees, walled towns and open landscape, offering a designer compact examples of Renaissance woodcut storytelling and bordered panel layouts.

Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D · Mythology, Classical · Mythology, Classical, in art

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