Historia ecclesiastica
Historia ecclesiastica is a 1579 Latin ecclesiastical history by Adam of Bremen, printed at Hafniae (Copenhagen) and drawn from medieval chronicles of northern Europe. The pictures here are decorative initial letters, a large A and an S, set in square frames of interlaced foliage, scrollwork and stylised leaves. A designer could take from them the framed capital letter, with the letter filling most of the box and foliage packed densely into the corners.
