Torat ha-mashi'ah : Euangelium secundum Matthaeum in lingua Hebraica, cum uersione Latina, atque annotationibus Seb. Munsteri = Hinnah lakhem ha-meshihiyim ve-ha-yehudiyim torat ha-Elohim hadashah u-kedoshah u-teminah ha-Nikhtavah al yede Matti hamevaser bi-leshon ha-kodesh al l [sic] limud ve-al ayyim shel Adonenu Yeshua ha-Mashia im atakah bi-leshon Romiyi ve-'im kotser ha-perushim : vnà cum epistola D. Pauli ad Hebraeos, Hebraicè & Latinè

Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552, ed. edt, Petri, Heinrich, 1508-1579, printer. prt · 1557 · Basileae : Apvd Henrichvm Petri · 30 pictures

This is a 1557 Hebrew and Latin edition of the Gospel of Matthew, edited by Sebastian Münster and printed in Basel by Heinrich Petri for scholars and Hebrew readers. The pictures are small woodcut historiated initials, each a single letter in a square frame, with the letter in white-knockout form set against dense black hatching and curling acanthus-style foliage. A designer could take from them the model of a bold letter-in-frame device, with strong black-and-white contrast and flowing vine ornament that works at small sizes.

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