Evangelium infantiae : vel, Liber Apocryphus de infantia servatoris
A 1697 Latin edition of an apocryphal gospel on Christ's infancy, printed at Utrecht (Trajecti ad Rhenum) by F. Halma and G. van de Water, held by Duke University Libraries. The pictures are decorative woodcut initials and a floral ornament: a large N framed by spiky leaves, an I set among tulip-like blooms, a P with scrolling foliage, and a sprig of flowers. A designer could draw on their hand-cut, high-contrast line work for historical initial letters, borders and botanical ornament.
