Title Page

Joris Hoefnagel

National Gallery of Art

This image depicts an ornately designed manuscript page. The central text block is titled "ANIMALIA RATIONALIA ET INSECTA," framed within a decorative border. The top features an intricate scroll design with various colors and an inscription in a fiery cartouche with the word "IGNIS." The corners of the frame include decorative flourishes in pink, yellow, blue, and green hues, with ribbon-like extensions and hanging accents. At the bottom, a smaller inscription reads "Qui fecit Angelos spiritus suos: Et ministros suos flammam verentem," within a blue-bordered decorative bracket with stylized elements. This style is reminiscent of illuminated manuscripts from the Renaissance or Baroque period.