Capita Deorvm Et Illvstrivm Hominvm Pacis Belliqve Artibvs Clarissimorvm Nec Non Hieroglyphica, Abraxea Et Amvleta Qvaedam, In Gemmis Antiqva Partim, Partim Recenti Manv, Affabre Incisa
Capita Deorvm Et Illvstrivm Hominvm is a 1721 engraved plate book of gem-cut portraits compiled by Erhard Reusch with Johann Martin von Ebermayer, drawn from antique and recent intaglio gems of gods and famous men for collectors of antiquities and glyptics. The pages are numbered tabulae of small oval profile heads, each set in a ruled grid with inscribed labels above and below, several plates also showing figures and hieroglyphic or amulet motifs. A designer could take the orderly grid of medallion frames, the crisp single-line profile silhouettes, and the repeated rhythm of uniform ovals with small captions.
