Sacra rappresentazione di San Lorenzo
A 1592 Florentine printing of a sacred drama about Saint Lawrence, published by Michelagnolo di Bart. Sermartelli in Florence for devotional audiences. Its historiated initials and woodcut ornaments show paired winged griffin-like creatures in rectangular frames, a leafy scrollwork letter, and a small genre scene of seated figures in a room. A designer could draw on the symmetrical framing, the mirrored beasts, and the dense ornamental initial style.
