The institution of christian religion
This is a 1634 London edition of Jean Calvin's theology, The Institution of Christian Religion, printed by Anne Griffin for Joyce Norton and R. Whitaker for readers of doctrinal theology. The pictures are woodcut printer's ornaments: a bearded face with a feathered headdress set in a symmetrical triangular scroll, and a horizontal band of stylised flowers, fruit and leaves around a central vase. A designer could take the dense acanthus-like scrollwork and symmetry as a model for decorative borders and headpieces.
