The attourneys academy; or, The manner and forme of proceeding practically, vpon any suite, plaint, or action whatsoeuer, in any court of record whatsoeuer, within this kingdome, especially in the great covrts at Westminster, to whose motion all other courts of law or equitie; as well those of the two prouinciall counsailes, those of Guild-Hall, London; as those of like cities and townes corporate. And all other of record are diurnally moued. With the moderne and most usuall fees of the officers and ministers of such courts ..
A 1623 legal handbook printed in London by B. Fisher and written by Thomas Powell, aimed at attorneys and clerks working in English courts, especially those at Westminster. The pictures are small printer's ornament strips of repeating scrolled foliage and interlace in black, set at the head of pages and carrying the page numbers 226, 169, 201 and 165. A designer could take from them a dense, symmetrical border pattern built from tightly packed curling tendrils, useful as a model for historical repeat motifs.
