Le diece veglie di Bartolomeo Arnigio, de gli ammendati costvmi dell' hvmana vita, nelle quali non sol si tratta di quelle vertù, ch'à uiuer nella luce de gli huomini, & di Dio bisogneuoli sono
A 1577 Italian ethics treatise by Bartolomeo Arnigio, printed in Brescia by the Marchetti brothers and written for readers seeking virtuous living. Its four pictures are small woodcut historiated initials, each letter filled with figures in landscape or grotesque scenes, showing how decorative capitals were built from narrative images a designer could adapt to display type.




































