Ein kurtzer ausszug auss dem Bebstlichen rechten der Decret vnd Decretalen, in den artickeln, die ungeuerlich Gottes wort vnd Euangelio gemess sein, oder zum wenigsten nich widerstreben
A sixteenth-century German legal and theological digest by Martin Bucer, printed in Strassburg in 1556 and aimed at readers weighing church canon law against scripture. The pictures are three printer's ornaments: a large black-letter decorated initial D, a smaller decorated initial S with flourishes, and a plain red ring that works as a blank circular device. A designer might take from them the heavy calligraphic initial letterforms and the contrast of black and red on tan paper for display lettering.
