The Bible : that is, the Holy scriptures contained in the Old and New Testament
A 1579 London Bible printed by Christopher Barker, drawn from the Old and New Testament scriptures and the Sternhold psalter tradition, with decorative capitals that open its sections. The four pictures are woodcut initial letters, two repeated I or T forms and a P and T, each framed by stylised acanthus-like foliage, pendant leaves and hatched shading. A designer could take from them a set of dense, symmetrical historiated letter frames for chapter openings or vintage display type.
