Cabala sive Scrinia sacra; mysteries of state and government: in letters of illustrious persons and great ministers of state. As well forreign as domestick, in the reigns of King Henry the Eight, Q: Elizabeth, K: James, and K: Charles: wherein such secrets of empire, and publick affairs, as were then in agitation, are clearly represented... To which is added several choice letters and negotiations, no where else published
Cabala sive Scrinia sacra is a 1663 English collection of letters and state papers from the reigns of Henry VIII through Charles I, printed in London by G. Bedell and T. Collins for readers interested in government and politics. Its two pictures are woodcut ornaments: a strapwork headpiece with a central royal coat of arms flanked by flowers, and a decorated initial T framed by winged female figures holding cornucopias. A designer might take the symmetrical strapwork, cornucopia and winged-figure motifs as period ornament for borders and capitals.
