Il trionfo di S. Domenico, protettore della città di Napoli e di tutt'il suo regno
A 1644 Neapolitan devotional book, Il trionfo di S. Domenico, printed in Naples by Giovanni Cola Vitale and written by Paolo Caracciolo, concerning the Dominican saint and patron of Naples. The four pictures shown are woodcut decorative initials, each a large letter framed by stylised leaves, tendrils and hatched shading, which a designer could adapt for drop caps or ornamental letterforms.
