A page from Henry Shaw’s 1845 book of alphabets, which attributed it to the Golden Bible of Augsburg, and early printed book (before 1501).
People like using the lettering for colouring.
The S from it is one of the most downloaded images on fromoldbooks.org.
https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Shaw-Alphabets/pages/065-alphabet-end-of-15th-century-full-page/
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