Le Missionaire paroissial [sur les catechismes
A 1685 French devotional guide for parish priests, written by Adrien Gambart and published in Paris by Jacques de Laize-de Bresche, aimed at clergy preparing catechism instruction. The four pictures are the same square printed initial A, set within a diamond frame of interlaced geometric and foliate bands with a small crown below the letter in the first image. A designer could take from them a compact model for a framed monogram or drop cap, with a central letter reserved in a light field and a dense, symmetrical border of nested diamonds.
