Calligraphic Exercise in Italian
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Calligraphic exercize in Italian, presented in a double rectangular frame. The text begins with the words 'Grave impresa sopra dise prende ciascuno che ha da dimostrar (...)' and runs for six lines. The initial 'G' is decorated and the text is flanked by two calligraphic swirls on each side. 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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