Historiated Page Border with Initial Letter P

Book Title: Paraphrases in Epistolas canonicas : duas Petri, vnam Iudae, vnam Iacobi, & treis Ioannis / avtore D. Erasmo Roterod.

Author: Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536

Image Title: Historiated Page Border with Initial Letter P

Description: This historiated page border is flanked by depictions of Julius Caesar (right) and Hector among other courtly scenes, while the text is decorated with an initial letter P. Additionally, Johann Froben's printer's device, the caduceus, is located at the bottom center of the woodcut.

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