The Bible
A 1606 Bible printed in London by Robert Barker, held by Princeton University Library, with its pages decorated by woodcut initial letters for the reading public of the period. The pictures are symmetrical woodcut initials built from scrolling acanthus leaves, curls, and foliage, some with a large letter I or T set inside an ornamental frame, and one oval cartouche with a stylised central flower; a designer could take from them the logic of framed capital letters and dense, mirrored foliate borders for display lettering.
