De vitis, sectis, et dogmatibus omnium haereticorum, qui ab orbe condito, ad nostra usque tempora, & veterum & recentium authorum monimentis proditi sunt, elenchus alphabeticus ...
A 1569 alphabetical catalogue of heresies and heretical sects compiled by Gabriel Du Préau, printed in Cologne by G. Calenius and the heirs of J. Quentel for scholars and churchmen. Its pages open with large woodcut historiated initials, each showing a small scene of figures in a stylised setting, and the pictures suggest how a designer might frame a narrative vignette inside a decorative capital letter.
