Speculum sapientiae matronalis ex vita Sanctae Franciscae Romanae fundatricis Sororum Turris Speculorum : panegyricus
A 1609 Latin devotional panegyric on Saint Frances of Rome by the Jesuit André Valladier, printed in Paris by Jean Richer for a religious readership. The picture is a large ornamented historiated initial B framed by foliage, with a winged figure and a small scene inside the letter, beside a column of black-letter Latin text. A designer could take from it the model of a carved, foliate capital letter with figures woven into its stems and scrollwork.
