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Descriptive Information

Title

Raccolta dell’armi antiche, e moderne de nobili ferraresi

Description

There are scrapbook elements in this collection of coats of arms of noble families of Ferrara. Each coat of arms includes a blank shield, floriate border, and helmet, likely produced from a limited set of woodblock templates. To this base, each family's crest is added above the helmet. The escutcheon may be drawn in a colored by hand, or finished with woodcut overlays. More hand coloring completes the coat of arms. The family name is inscribed below, sometimes with brief descriptions. Some shields remain blank, perhaps from lack of information. In 1689 another edition of this work was published: this time, printed entirely from woodcut, with no hand coloring or customization.

Call Number (click link to view in library catalog)

Q. 929.6 M33r

Authors

Maresti, Alfonso

Full Title

Raccolta dell'armi antiche, e moderne de nobili ferraresi con l'origine loro fin hora trouate dal conte e caualiere Alfonso Maresti ferrarese.

Date

1685

From the Exhibit

Building a Library: Genealogy and Heraldry

Publisher

Nella stampa camerale

Location

Ferrara

Language

Italian

Rights

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Type

Text

Medium

Book

Bibliographic Citation

Maresti, Alfonso. Raccolta dell’armi antiche, e moderne de nobili ferraresi con l’origine loro fin hora trouate. In Ferrara: Nella stampa camerale, 1685. Print.