Formularium variarum commissionum articulorum, exceptionum, interrogatoriorum, & petitionum sententiarum, & appellationum : cui adiectus est tractatus de deuolutione causarum, ac ordinis iudiciarij : item, practica signaturae iustitiae, circa commissiones causarum quae in Romana Curia committuntur
A 1602 Latin legal handbook printed in Rome for the Roman Curia, compiled by Antonio Massa, containing forms and procedures for canon law commissions, petitions and appeals. Its pictures are four woodcut decorated initial letters (D and E) framed by foliate scrollwork, showing how a printed initial can be built from interlaced leaves and stems for a text-led page.
