Constitvtiones insignis, et cillegiatae ecclesiae Sancti Lavrentii Florent
A 1617 printed set of statutes for the collegiate church of San Lorenzo in Florence, issued by the Florentine printer Z. Pignonius for the church's clergy. The pictures are small woodcut decorative initials, the letters C and I framed by scrolling foliage, grotesque faces, and birds, with a chalice-like motif inside the C; a designer could draw on their compact, symmetrical framing and early seventeenth-century ornament for borders or drop caps.
