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[The New Testament of Iesus Christ : faithfully translated into English ... in the English College of Rhemes]

1582 · [Rheims : s.n. · 220 pictures

The New Testament of Iesus Christ is a 1582 Catholic Bible translation printed at Rheims for English readers, produced by the English College there. The four pictures are woodcut decorative initial letters A, two of them with grotesque figures flanking a large A and two with foliate scrollwork, showing how early printers framed a capital with carved, symmetrical ornament a designer could borrow for display type or a logo.

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