Chronicon insigne monasterij Hirsaugiensis, ordinis S. Benedicti
Chronicon insigne monasterij Hirsaugiensis is a 1534 Latin chronicle by the monk-historian Johannes Trithemius, printed in Basel by Jacob Parcus for Johannes Oporinus and written for Benedictine readers and historians of the abbey at Hirsau in Germany. Its picture is a large woodcut initial H framed by vine-like scrollwork, with a coat of arms set in the upper bowl and a plain shield below, a model for ornamental letter design.
