From Kunstrichtige Schreibart (1655).

Source: The Getty / Internet Archive

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Christmas in V̶i̶e̶n̶n̶a̶ Gotham by desomnis

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Illustration by Eliza A. Jordson, from Seaweeds, 1848 (1848).

Source: Brooklyn Museum

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Illustration by Jan Christian Bierpfaff, Jeremias Falck, from Libellus Novus Elementorum Latinorum (ca. 1645-50).

Source: Rijksmuseum

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