The institution of christian religion
This is a 1578 London edition of John Calvin's theological treatise on the Christian religion, translated by Thomas Norton and printed by Thomas Vautrollier for William Norton for a Reformed Protestant readership. The pictures are small woodcut decorative initials, mostly capital letters V, G and N set inside scrolling foliate borders with acanthus curls, vine leaves and a pendant urn or drop ornament, suggesting a designer could adapt the historic letterforms and frames for display alphabets.
