Sugillatio ingratitudinis
Sugillatio ingratitudinis is a 1656 devotional work on spiritual life by Sebastião Cesar de Menezes (d. 1672), printed in the Netherlands or elsewhere, with publisher unrecorded. The four pictures are decorative woodcut initials for chapter openings, each a large letter wrapped in acanthus scrollwork, one containing a small animal and another a dragon-like creature. A designer could draw on their dense, carved foliage and ornamental capital letters for display type, borders, or historical lettering.
