In Evangelium Johannis & Acta Apostolorum commentarius ..
A 1640 Latin commentary on the Gospel of John and the Acts of the Apostles by Johannes Canuti Lenäus, printed at Uppsala for a scholarly readership of theology students. Its pictures are woodcut decorative initials and a printer's ornament, with a large letter I flanked by scrolling foliage, a mirrored ornamental I, a circular cartouche with interlaced leaves, and a winged cherub head emblem; a designer could draw on these for hand-cut letterforms, symmetrical borders and early modern ornament.



