Vindex Neapolitanae nobilitatis Caroli Borrelli cleric. regul. minor., animaduersio in Francisci Aelii Marchesii librum De Neapolitanis familiis
A 1653 Naples treatise by the Theatine cleric Carlo Borrelli, printed by Egidio Longo, disputing Francesco Elio Marchese's account of the city's noble families and their arms. The 107 woodcut shields are small and boldly cut, filled with hand-ruled hatching for tinctures: bends, chevrons, fess and pales, crosses, cinquefoils and lozenge diapers, usable as compact geometric marks and pattern fills.
