Canones et decreta Sacrosancti Oecvmenici et Generalis Concilii Tridentini svb Pavlo III, Ivlio III, Pio IIII. Pontificibvs Max
A 1564 Latin edition of the canons and decrees of the Council of Trent, printed in Milan by Antonio Antoniano for Catholic clergy and church readers. Its pictures are small woodcut historiated initials, a large letter P and S each framed in a ruled border, with a figure or scene worked into the letter's counter and space. A designer could take from them the compact framed-initial format, with the figure tucked inside the letterform as a decorative device.





















