The booke of common prayer and administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies in the Church of England
A 1581 London printing of the Church of England's Book of Common Prayer, issued by the royal printer Christopher Barker for use in parish worship and church services. Its pages are black-letter type with large decorative historiated initials built from interlaced scrollwork, foliage, and framed capitals set beside psalm text. Designers can draw on these carved-looking initial letters for display lettering, border ornaments, and dense Tudor text layouts.
