Singing of Psalmes the duty of Christians under the New Testament : or, A vindication of that Gospel-ordinance in V. sermons upon Ephesians 5.19 ..
A 1653 London sermon collection by the Puritan minister Thomas Ford, printed by A.M. for Christopher Meredith, defending congregational psalm-singing for a religious readership. Its pictures are small woodcut typographic ornaments: a large decorated initial letter with scrolling foliage and interlace, a second initial with stylised leaves and curls, and a horizontal strip of dense foliate arabesque. A designer could draw on their dense black-and-white scroll work, pierced flourishes and symmetrical framing for border or header graphics.
