I. N. J. Disputatio medica inauguralis, de passione iliaca, ...
A Latin medical dissertation by Johann Philipp Eysel, printed in Erfurt in 1698 for academic use, on iliac passion (intestinal obstruction). Its one picture is a small woodcut initial letter: a circular frame enclosing a stylised acanthus-like flourish rising from a vase, beside a block of dense black roman type with a tall decorated capital. The page offers a designer a compact example of early modern printer's ornament and the way a framed initial anchors a text block.
