Francisci Burmanni ... Synopsis theologiæ & speciatim oeconomiæ foederum Dei : ab initio sæculorum usque ad consummationem eorum ..
A 1671 Latin theology treatise by Frans Burman, printed at Utrecht (Trajectum ad Rhenum) by Cornelis Jacobsz Noenaert, later owned by John Adams and held by the Boston Public Library. The pictures are repeated woodcut headpieces: an open book framed by symmetrical scrollwork, leaf and acanthus ornaments, and a pointed lower tail, with the same design reappearing across the pages. A designer could take from them a model for a centred, symmetrical ornament that frames a single emblem, suited to vignettes, dividers or heraldic-style badges.
