Has anyone written on the ornamental capital at the beginning of book one of the 1590 Arcadia? It appears to be a woodcut & the illustration is sort of a poor man's version of the elaborate title page of the 1593 edition: an amazon figure faces a shepherd, each treading on a fallen figure whose bulbous nose looks a lot like that of a modern circus clown.
I won't have access to McKerrow for another few weeks (and I'm not sure what I'll find there other than maybe identifying the thing as belonging to Windet), but I'd be most obliged if anyone could suggest a place to start looking.
Best wishes,
Joel
Joel B. Davis
Assistant Professor
Department of English
Stetson University
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