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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.
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Title: Calligraphic Exercise in Latin
Artist:
Anonymous French or Flemish
Date: early 17th century
Medium: Pen and black and brown ink.
Dimensions: Overall: 6 3/4 × 11 1/16 in. (17.1 × 28.1 cm)
Classifications: Albums, Drawings, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Purchase, Daniel Ergmann Gift, 2014
Object Number: 2014.96(5)
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