Homeri Opera Graecolatina: Ilias, Odyssea, Hymni (Châteillon)

A 16th-century blind-tooled pigskin binding. The cover features multiple concentric rectangular borders created with decorative rolls. The outermost border consists of repeating crest-like or floral patterns. The inner borders feature "heads-in-medallions" (portraits in circular frames) interspersed with foliate ornaments. Two metal clasps are partially visible on the right edge. The central panel is filled with repeating vertical floral and scrollwork patterns.

1545?

The following text is transcribed from the tiny inscriptions within the decorative portrait rolls, which typically identify biblical or historical figures.