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737Ambitions as a Publisher v in the book itself.34 The Venetian privilege, dated 27 April 1557, is a terminus post quem for the actual printing of the book, the first sheets of which came off the press in October or November of that year.35 Strada paid much attention to the appearance of the books: both are set in beautiful type; the Fasti et triumphi is printed in two colours and was illus- trated with imperial portraits, for which the woodblocks of the Lyon Epitome were reused [Figs. 14.15–14.17]; the Epitome pontificum was illustrated with woodcuts representing the coats of arms of each Pope and of the principal cardinals created during their reign [Figs. 14.19–14.20]. Unfortunately Strada paid less attention to the actual typesetting of the Fasti et triumphi, which re- sulted in an ill-corrected volume with typographical errors which made the book unreliable as a work of chronological reference.36 Understandably this infuriated Panvinio, who was in Venice at the time and decided to disavow 34 Docs. 1556-09-18 and 1557-04-27. 35 Doc. 1557-11-27. 36 Since Panvinio’s chronological tables were based on the Fasti Capitolini, it would have been logical to number the Capitoline years on the left hand side, as they actually ap- pear on the marbles, and the years according to the Varronian system on the right; yet in Strada’s edition the headings to the columns on the first page indicate the opposite, and initially the years are in fact numbered as indicated in these headings. It appears, however, that this inconsistency was discovered after a few pages had been printed, and on page 5 the columns are tacitly shifted about: that is, from the year 250 ab urbe con- dita the Capitoline and Varronian calendars appear as they were presumably intended by Panvinio. But Strada, or his printer, neglected to correct the first five pages, which ought Figures 14.18–14.20 Strada’s edition of Onofrio Panvinio’s Epitome pontificum Romanorum, Venice 1557: title page; page 374: beginning of the entry of Leo X de’ Medici, and p.379, part of the list and relevant illustrations of the fifth creation of cardinals during Leo’s pontificate.