De causa Dei contra Pelagium et de virtute causarum. Opera et studio Henrici Savilli. Ex scriptis codicibus nunc primum editi
A 1618 London edition of Thomas Bradwardine's theological treatise against Pelagius, edited by Henry Savile from manuscripts and printed by I. Billius for a learned Latin readership. The pictures are small decorative woodcut initials, mostly letters H and D set in frames, with the ornament growing from the letterforms rather than from figures. A designer could take from them the idea of a letter built out of foliage, scrollwork and interlace, usable for drop caps or monograms.
