Illuminated Letters

I've mentioned that I want to include a preface style text or explanatory text to accompany the prints, and that I want it to feature an Illuminated Letter.

There's a range of different styles / images

I've referenced Hans Holbein a couple of times before, but he also created a Dance of Death alphabet:

The simplicity of the single colour prints makes them really striking on the page. 

The main priority at this time is to get the illustrations cut, but I definitely think that the accompanying text will be important to the final outcome, and that the use of an illuminated letter will tie the textual element and the illustrations together.