Decorative designs: escutcheons, leaves and emblems
A dense sheet of ornament — shields, acanthus leaves, a paired-fish emblem and a rosette
A dense sheet of ornamental designs. It includes heraldic shields and scalloped cartouche forms, acanthus-leaf and fluted shell motifs, a paired-fish emblem, and a small rosette drawn with a human face. The folio bears no transcribed text.
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Escutcheons and cartouche shapes
Several shield and scalloped cartouche forms are drawn, some plain and some with fluted or gadrooned edges, as studies for heraldic or decorative frames.
Acanthus-leaf and shell motifs
Curling acanthus-leaf motifs and a fluted shell or gadrooned bowl appear among the designs, typical vocabulary of Renaissance ornament.
Paired-fish emblem and a rosette with a face
A device of two fish joined head to tail forms a heart-like emblem at the centre, and a small rosette at the left is drawn with a tiny human face at its heart.