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Medulla bibliorum, the marrow of the Bible : or, a logico-theological analysis of every several book of the Holy Scripture, together with so many English poems ..

Ainsworth, William · 1652 · London : Printed for George Calvert · 5 pictures

Medulla bibliorum is a 1652 London devotional work by William Ainsworth, printed for George Calvert, combining logico-theological analysis of Scripture with English religious poems for a Protestant readership. Its pictures are small woodcut decorative initials, a T, S and A with dense leafy scrollwork and hatched shading, plus a strip of urn and vase ornaments, offering a designer models of early modern printed ornament for borders, drop caps and historical type decoration.

Bible · Religious poetry, English

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