Caption
Two threshold poems, Spieghel der schrijfkonste, Thrésor litéraire, album page, text sheet, Text sheet with a French and a Dutch threshold poem, in two columns. At the top two ornamental borders of fleurons and the decorated initials C and S. The text sheet is part of an album., writer (clerical worker): Abraham Migoen, writer (clerical worker): anonymous, publisher: Jan van de Velde (I), Rotterdam, 1605, writer (clerical worker), paper, letterpress printing, woodcut, text in letterpress, height 210 mm x width 315 mm, initial, The image shows a two-column page of printed text on aged paper with a decorative patterned border across the top and an ornamental vertical rule separating the columns. The left column contains a large ornate initial letter with intricate floral and scrollwork details at the start of a block of text, and the right column includes a different elaborate initial letter with floral decoration before its text. Both columns feature serif type in a dark ink and have varying line lengths and indentation. There is a centered title in the upper right column set in larger, spaced letters, and a small cluster of printed letters near the lower right corner. The paper has light foxing marks and faint discoloration around the edges.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B29_021
License type
Rights managed
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48.9Mb (9.4Mb) / 16.9in x 11.3in / 5059 x 3378 (300dpi)