Duytsche exemplaren van alderhande gheschrifften : seer nut ende bequaem voor de duytsche schoolmeesters ende alle beminders der pennen
A 1620 Dutch writing manual by Jan van de Velde, published in Haarlem by Dirck Volckertsz van Heerenbeeck and Lucas Serwouts, meant for Dutch schoolmasters and anyone who loved penmanship. Its pages show full-page specimens of copperplate-style script with elaborate flourished initial capitals and looping calligraphic ornament framing blocks of text. A designer could draw on the dense interplay of swirling capitals, tight line spacing, and decorative ink filigree as a model for lettering and ornamental borders.
