initialer

Often the ornamentor was an apprentice to the real artist of the scriptorium, the initialer.

This maintains the standard of excellence set by the initialer and emerges as a well-knit chapter in the adventures of Leslie Charteris' popular modern Robin Hood, Simon Templar — otherwise known as "The Saint."

Initials affixed in this manner do not, therefore, by themselves bring the initialer into any connection with the order for criminal purposes.