The figg-less figg-tree, or, The doome of a barren and unfruitful profession lay'd open : in an exposition upon that parable ... Luke 13. 6, 7, 8, 9,10
A 1659 London sermon exposition by the Puritan minister Nehemiah Rogers, printed by J.S. for George Sawbridge, on the Lukan parable of the barren fig tree for clergy and congregations. The picture is a large striped woodcut initial I, its letter stem flanked by scrolling leaves and tendrils worked in diagonal hatching, a dense decorative capital a designer could adapt for a drop cap or border ornament.
