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In Evangelium Johannis & Acta Apostolorum commentarius ..

Lenäus, Johannes Canuti, 1573-1669 · 1640 · Upsaliae : Imprimebat Eschillus Matthiae · 4 pictures

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.

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