Augustinus: Opera
A eleventh-century manuscript of Augustine's works, copied in a monastic scriptorium and later held by a library, as its ownership stamp shows. The first picture is a large red penwork initial letter with a faint sketched figure inside its counter, and the second is a circular library stamp with a crowned coat of arms; a designer might borrow the bold, simple red initial letterform and its rhythm of hairline and heavy strokes.
