[Arrests de la Covr des monnoyes]
A 1644 Paris legal record of the Cour des monnaies, the French court overseeing coinage, printed by S. Cramoisy for officials and lawyers. Its pictures are small woodcut printer's ornaments: a large decorated initial S framed by foliage and grotesque figures, plus a leafy tailpiece with birds and vines. A designer might take from them the dense, crumbly texture of letterpress-era woodblock decoration for borders, drop caps, and dividers.
![Picture 1 of 5 from [Arrests de la Covr des monnoyes] (1644), leaf 3](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-arrestsde00fran-3-0.webp)
![Picture 2 of 5 from [Arrests de la Covr des monnoyes] (1644), leaf 3](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-arrestsde00fran-3-1.webp)
![Picture 3 of 5 from [Arrests de la Covr des monnoyes] (1644), leaf 9](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-arrestsde00fran-9-0.webp)
![Picture 4 of 5 from [Arrests de la Covr des monnoyes] (1644), leaf 19](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-arrestsde00fran-19-0.webp)
![Picture 5 of 5 from [Arrests de la Covr des monnoyes] (1644), leaf 19](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-arrestsde00fran-19-1.webp)