Sommario di tutte le scientie
Sommario di tutte le scientie is a 1556 Italian compendium of the sciences, published in Venice by Gabriel Giolito de Ferrari and associated with Domenico Delfino and Nicolò Croce. The pictures are historiated initials, woodcut letters D and A holding small scenes of figures in conversation, working, and seated beneath draped curtains. A designer might draw on their compact framed letterforms and the mix of ornamental scrollwork with figure vignettes for borders or display initials.
