Hippocratis Prognosticum : in quo omnes diuini viri, tàm genuinae sanctae et magnae tabellae, quàm spurie, apocryphe, et tabellae paruae sententiae continentur ordine secundum locos dispositae, et brevibus annotationibus illustratae à Doctore Il defonso Lopi Pinciano, Cesarae Maiestatis Medico
A 1596 Madrid medical commentary on Hippocrates' prognostics, edited by the imperial physician Ildefonso Lopez Pinciano and printed by Thomas Junta for physicians and students. Its pages carry Latin text in dense roman type, opening each section with a large decorated initial letter built from foliate scrollwork, interlaced leaf forms and curling stems, with set-off marginal-style notes. A designer could draw on these historiated capitals as models for ornamental drop caps and for the rhythm of dense text blocks beside ornament.
