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Manvel dv breviaire romain. Où sont exposées clairement & methodiquement les raissons historiques & mystiques des heures canoniales

Peyronet, Arnaud · 1663 · Montavban, S. Dvbois, imprimeur du Roy · 36 pictures

A 1663 French devotional manual explaining the Roman breviary's canonical hours, written by Arnaud Peyronet and printed at Montauban by S. Dubois, printer to the King, for Catholic readers. The pictures are small woodcut initial letters, each a large capital L framed by stylised leaves with a star-shaped rosette in the lower counter, offering a dense, symmetrical border motif for designers working on historical headers or drop caps.

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