De gestis Joanne virginis France egregie bellatricis libri quattuor...
A Latin prose account of Joan of Arc in four books, written by Valeran de Varanes and published in Paris in 1516 for a learned readership of Latin scholars. Its pictures are decorative woodcut initials, with the letter form filled by dense black ground and cream foliate scrollwork, flowers and leaves, which a designer could adapt for display capitals and ornamental borders.
