Decoration:Major initials in alternating red and blue with pen infilling and flourishing. Large initials alternating in red and blue and pen-flourished, occasionally with faces (ff. 114v, 124, 125v). Mid-sized initials in black on green, occasionally with pen faces colored tan (ff. 119r-v, 124v, 125, unnumbered fragment verso). An erroneous large red initial A[lorificamus] on f. 187 has a discreet contemporary mauve G with harping inserted beside it.
The artist who created the design is Gerard Hoet, a Dutch painter and draftsman, and the artist who created the engraving is Andries van Buysen, a Dutch printmaker. The print contains titles of the subject in 6 languages: Hebrew, English, German, Latin French and Dutch. The biblical verse is identified on the print as Judges XVI:23-50.
Original version: Sovthamtoniæ comitatus : (preter Insulas Vectis, Jersey et Garnsey quæ sunt partes eius dem comitatus) cum suis vndiq[ue] confinibus oppidis pagis, villis et fluminibus vera descriptio / Leonardvs Terwoort Antverpianvs scvlpsit ; Christophorus Saxton descripsit. [London? : Saxton], 1575.
Original version: Cantii, Southsexiæ, Surriæ, et Middelsexiæ comitat. : una cum suis vndique confinibus, oppidis, pagis, villis, et fluminibus, in eisdem, vera descriptio / Christophorus Saxton descripsit ; Remigius Hogenbergius sculpsit. [London? : Saxton, 1575]. An'o Dom. 1575 et d. Elizabethe Regine an'o 17.
The artist who created the design is Bernard Picart, a French draughtsman, engraver and book illustrator in Amsterdam, and the artist who created the engraving is identified as "Breen." The print contains titles of the subject in 6 languages: Greek, English, German, Latin French and Dutch. The biblical verse is identified on the print as Acts VII: 58.
The artist who created the design is Bernard Picart, a French draughtsman, engraver and book illustrator in Amsterdam, and the artist who created the print is Abraham de Blois, a Dutch engraver. The print contains titles of the subject in 6 languages: Greek, English, German, Latin French and Dutch. The biblical verse is identified on the print as Matthew XXVI: 26.
The artist who created the design is Bernard Picart, a French draughtsman, engraver and book illustrator in Amsterdam, and the artist who created the print is Abraham de Blois, a Dutch engraver. The print contains titles of the subject in 6 languages: Greek, English, German, Latin French and Dutch. The biblical verse is identified on the print as Matthew XVII.