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A rectangular decorative headpiece featuring symmetrical foliate scrolls and a central grotesque mask with a leafy beard.
T H E S E V E R S E S
To the front of his books
IUL. CAESAR SCALIGER
always placed beforehand.
I am no barbarian, nor do I profess to be one,
Nor would I trade my ancestors for the son of Cronus.
I am of the divine Scalan stock, a scion of Ares,
Possessing all of Phoebus in my breast, a plaything of fortune.
A decorative tailpiece or printer's mark featuring a grotesque mask within a stylized shield-like frame with scrollwork and hanging rings.
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