Writing sample: Careon homme grand, 't Magazin oft pac-huys der loffelycker penn-const, print, album page, ornamental print, Writing sample with ornamented initial C and six lines of text in French: Careon homme grand ... Above that two lines of text: Qui na l'art de ... The text is framed by scrollwork., printmaker: Simon Frisius, after design by David Roelands, Flushing, 1616 - 1617, paper, engraving, gravure, height 228 mm x width 345 mm, calligraphy, A large sheet with a light beige background covered in ornate black ink calligraphic flourishes and swirling loops, concentrated on the left and right edges and flowing toward the center, with dense clusters of fine curving lines forming decorative shapes that include thickened strokes and tapered filigree, and areas of repeating spiral motifs; a bold decorative word rendered in a dark black gothic script sits near the center-right, surrounded by several lines of smaller, tightly spaced calligraphic lines arranged vertically beneath it...
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Writing sample: Careon homme grand, 't Magazin oft pac-huys der loffelycker penn-const, print, album page, ornamental print, Writing sample with ornamented initial C and six lines of text in French: Careon homme grand ... Above that two lines of text: Qui na l'art de ... The text is framed by scrollwork., printmaker: Simon Frisius, after design by David Roelands, Flushing, 1616 - 1617, paper, engraving, gravure, height 228 mm x width 345 mm, calligraphy, A large sheet with a light beige background covered in ornate black ink calligraphic flourishes and swirling loops, concentrated on the left and right edges and flowing toward the center, with dense clusters of fine curving lines forming decorative shapes that include thickened strokes and tapered filigree, and areas of repeating spiral motifs; a bold decorative word rendered in a dark black gothic script sits near the center-right, surrounded by several lines of smaller, tightly spaced calligraphic lines arranged vertically beneath it, and an elaborately penned signature-like flourish appears toward the lower right, while faint age spots and subtle paper discoloration are visible along the bottom edge.

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Writing sample Careon homme grand t Magazin oft pac-huys der loffelycker penn-const print album page ornamental print ornamented initial C six lines text French two lines Qui na l'art de framed scrollwork printmaker Simon Frisius design David Roelands Flushing 1616 - 1617 paper engraving gravure height 228 mm x width 345 mm calligraphy large sheet light beige background covered ornate black ink calligraphic flourishes swirling loops concentrated left right edges flowing center dense clusters fine curving lines forming decorative shapes include thickened strokes tapered filigree areas repeating spiral motifs bold decorative word rendered dark black gothic script sits near center-right surrounded several lines smaller tightly spaced calligraphic lines arranged vertically beneath elaborately penned signature- flourish lower right faint age spots subtle paper discoloration visible bottom edge

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