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Trattato de gli huomini illvstri di Bologna : diviso in tre parti : nella prima parte si contegono i prelati, nella seconda i titolari, & nella terza i dottori, i caualieri, i capitani, et il senato

Bianchi, Filippo, d. 1591 · 1590 · In Ferrara : Appresso Vittorio Baldini · 63 pictures

A 1590 Ferrara treatise by Filippo Bianchi on the illustrious men of Bologna, printed by Vittorio Baldini, with heraldic woodcuts of coats of arms, many set in ornamental cartouches. The pictures show clergy hats and tassels, lions, fleurs-de-lis and shield shapes, giving a designer dense, period-accurate heraldic ornament built from strapwork, scrolls and tassels.

Heraldry

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