Mandemetn de Monseigneur l'Archevesque de Paris
This is a 1685 pastoral mandate issued by the Archbishop of Paris, printed in Paris by François Muguet for clergy and faithful of the archdiocese, concerning censorship and prohibited books. The pictures are small woodcut headpieces and tailpieces: a heraldic shield with mantling and tassels, a central seated figure holding a cross beside scrolling foliage, and carved cartouches with fruit and flowers, all in black line on cream paper, useful to a designer for ornamental borders, heraldic framing, and classical scroll motifs.
