Initial N c. 16th century

Editor: Here we have "Initial N," an anonymous print from the Harvard Art Museums. It's teeming with cherubs tucked within the letter's form. What do you make of this playful initial? Curator: The density delights, doesn't it? Imagine this as the very beginning of a new chapter, literally and figuratively. These little figures, a celebration of beginnings, almost bursting out of the letter's frame. It is like potential energy about to be unleashed. Editor: I never considered it that way. I just saw a cute letter! Curator: Exactly! It’s both a letter and a tiny universe brimming with life. A reminder that every start is filled with chaotic, beautiful possibility.