The "pattern book" in the sources interests me. I've seen a reproduction of one of these before, also from the 1500s. Their purpose was to show illustrators and

The "pattern book" in the sources interests me. I've seen a reproduction of one of these before, also from the 1500s. Their purpose was to show illustrators and craftsmen how to draw things. This page demonstrates what an elephant looks like (and a fox): https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/385c0fdd-03ce-42c7-b43f-369003bee8f3/surfaces/d70ac7bf-e353-43e2-9221-29388fb8e823/ https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/385c0fdd-03ce-42c7... So most people were just copying the same patterns over and over, like clip art.