Verdadera informacion de la tierra Sancta : seguu la disposicion q̃ en el año de mil y quinientos y treynta
This 1584 Spanish printed book, Verdadera informacion de la tierra Sancta by Antonio de Aranda, was printed at Alcala by Hernan Ramirez as a guide for pilgrims to the Holy Land. Its three pictures are small woodcut initials and an emblem, not scenes: a large M over a landscape with hills and trees, an ornate S with interlaced foliage in a square frame, and a printer's or owner's device with two lions flanking an oval with a candle or lamp and a motto. A designer could borrow the framed initial letters and the lion-supported heraldic emblem as decorative elements.
