6059A

Decorated Initial E

Artist: Workshop of Martín de Montesdoca (active between 1553 and 1558)
Title: Decorated Initial E
Date: 1553
Medium: Woodcut (or woodcut standing-in for a lost woodblock). Measurements? Documented in the following works: Pedro Cieza de León, Parte primera de la chronica del Perú[.] Sevilla: Martín de Montesdoca, 1553, fol. 18v — Domingo de Valtanás, Segunda parte de la exposición de los evangelios de santos. Sevilla: Martín de Montesdoca, 1558, fol. 8v (shown here).
Photo Source: Biblioteca Nacional de Chile / Memoria Chilena || HathiTrust Digital Library. Not reproduced at scale vis-à-vis the image of the impression in 6059B.
Item: 6059A