Words (Texts, both printed and handwritten)
ID Thing Inscription Text Characteristics Functions Role Mentions
[3400] Monogrammist HBW (blockcutter), Sigismund II Augustus of Poland. In Marcin Kromer, Martini Cromeri De Origine Et Rebvs Gestis Polonorvm Libri XXX ; Adiecta est in fine eiusdem autoris funebris Oratio Sigismvndi Regis uitam compendiose complexa, Basel: Johannes Oporinus (printer), January 1555 - August 1555 (Cracow, BJ), fol. Av SIGISMVNDVS AVGVSTVS, DEI GRATIA REX POLO-|NIAE, MAGNVS DVX LITVANIAE, RVSSIAE, PRVS-|SIAE, POMERANIAE, SAMAGITIAE AC MAZO-|VIAE, ETC. DOMINVS ET HAERES. | ANNO DOMINI || M.D.LIIII. || AETATIS | XXXV. arabic numeral, letterpress, majuscule caption or identification of motif, date, commentary or explanation