Vita Sfortiae clariss. dvcis à Pavlo Iovio conscripta
A 1539 Roman printed biography of the condottiero Muzio Attendolo Sforza by the historian Paolo Giovio, issued by the printer Antonio Blado and held at the Getty Research Institute. Its pictures are woodcut portrait medallions in bordered frames, with a profile bust labelled with the subject's name and a heraldic shield bearing an eagle over a draped cloth. A designer might take from them the tight rectangular frame, the crisp hatched woodcut shading and the lettered caption band used as a compact unit of display.
