La coronica general de España
A 1574 Spanish chronicle of Spain printed at Alcalá by Juan Iñiguez de Lequerica for Diego Martínez, written by Florián de Ocampo and continued by Ambrosio de Morales for a general readership. The pictures are four small woodcut decorative initials with black letterforms set in square frames, filled with scrolling vine foliage, a rabbit, and a winged or horned creature. A designer could take from them the compact framed letter, the stylised foliage, and the animal motifs as sources for monogram or border work.
