Basilicon philactirion, : par lequel il se prouue apertement qu'il est necessaire, vtile & honorable à l'Eglise Catholique, qu'il y aye des religieux, & iceux de diuers ordres ...
Basilicon philactirion is a 1585 French-language Catholic treatise by Stefano di Lusignano, printed in Paris by Guillaume le Noir for a clerical and lay readership defending religious orders. The pictures are printer's ornaments: a strapwork and scroll headpiece, a dark arabesque border strip, and decorated initial letters A and S with foliate and scrollwork interiors, useful to a designer looking for early modern printed ornament and letterform inspiration.
