Of  the  more  simple  one,  the  following  is  a  very  correct  copy : —


I  do  not  remember  to  have  met  with  such  letters  in  any  other
book.  The  nearest  approach  to  their  general  figure  and
design,  is  in  what  I  might,  perhaps,  caU  a  family  of  initials,
used  by  Griininger,  of  Strasburg,  of  which  the  following  is,  I
think,  a  very  beautiful  specimen.  It  is  copied  from  the
Quadrivium,  (which  will  be  found  among  the  Addenda  to
this  List,)  printed  by  him  in  1504,  and  the  Summa  Sylves-
trina,  (No.  353,)  printed  in  1518.  In  these  works,  it  is  ac-
companied by  others  of  the  same  character,  of  different  sizes,
some  of  them  having  the  hollow  part  filled  up  with  figures,  as
in  No.  353,  a  B,  with  David,  at  fol.  34 ;  a  C,  with  Cain  and
Abel,  at  fol.  53,  &c.
NOTE  B,  ON  NO.  29.       ABDILAZI.  327

I  give  this  specimen  the  more  readily,  because  Dr.  Dibdin
seems  to  think,  very  rightly,  that  justice  has  not  been  done  to
this  "  most  active  and  distinguished  printer,"  vrhom  he  sup-
poses to  have  employed  "  a  host  of  artists,"  and  who  "  must
have  had  prodigious  enthusiasm  in  his  profession." — Bibl.
Decam.,  II.  163.
Note  B,  on  No.  29.    Abdilazi.
