2254A

Decorated Initial Q (Gemini?)

Artist: Workshop of Arnold Birckmann (active between 1530 and 1542)
Title: Decorated Initial Q (Gemini?)
Date: 1540
Medium: Woodcut. In Apianus, Cosmographia. Antwerp: Birckman, 1540. Possibly an adaptation of a similar initial O in Matthew's Bible, published in Antwerp in 1537.
Photo Source: Rodríguez-Buckingham 2007, 234
Item: 2254A

Correspondences: Archive: 2254A/2254B; Archive: 2254A/2254B; Archive: 2254A/2254B