Calligraphic Exercise in Latin

Anonymous

early 17th century · Pen and black and brown ink. · Drawings and Prints

Calligraphic exercize in Latin, presented in an elliptical frame. The text begins with the words 'Nae aemuleris homines malos (...)' and runs for five lines separated by lines of small abstracted vine ornaments. Part of an album with 26 examples of calligraphy and micrography, thought to have been produced in France or possibly Antwerp at the beginning of the seventeenth century.

Artist

Anonymous

Date

early 17th century

Medium

Pen and black and brown ink.

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Purchase, Daniel Ergmann Gift, 2014