The booke of the common prayer and administracion of the sacramentes, and other rites and ceremonies of the churche: after the vse of the Churche of England.
The Booke of the Common Prayer, the 1549 Church of England liturgy printed in London by Edward Whitchurch for use in English churches. The pages are black-letter text in long columns, each opening with a large decorated woodcut initial and marginal psalm references. Designers might take from them the drop-cap letter framed by foliate ornament, the dense blackletter setting, and the restrained margin notes.
