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1581A

Ornamental band

Ornamental band

1581A
Artist
Anonymous
Title
Ornamental band
Date
1552
Medium
Woodcut. Ornamental band for the title page of Fray Bartolomé de las Casas, Brevissima Relacion de la Destruycion de las Indias. Sevilla: Sebastian Trugillo, 1552
Photo Source
Wikimedia Commons
Note
The woodblock for this ornamental band was also used for the title page of the 1542 Crónica General de España, by Florián del Campo. The ornamental band could have been taken from this book as well (see Maza 1968, ilust. 31-32).
Item
1581A
Correspondences
Archive: 1581A/1581B
Archive: 1581A/1581B
Archive: 1581A/1581B