![[Picture: 62a.---Initial capital letter ``A'' from Dance of Death Alphabet]](http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Butsch-RenaissanceOrnament/pages/062-hans-holbein-1523-death-letter-a/062-hans-holbein-1523-death-letter-a-q87-496x500.jpg "[Picture: 62a.---Initial capital letter ``A'' from Dance of Death Alphabet]")
| Image title: | 62a.—Initial capital letter “A” from Dance of Death Alphabet |
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| Source: | Butsch, A. F.: “Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.)” (1878) |
| Place shown: | none |
| Keywords: | lettera, initials, death, skeletons, music, musical instruments, spirit, greyscale |
| Status: | out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free stock image for all purposes usage credit requested |
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This decorative initial letter “A”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein the Younger and dating from 1523. It features a skeleton banging a drum (or tabor) with a bone, and also playing a fife, followed by another skeleton waving a banner, or possibly playing a trumpet. Some commentators say they are marching through a graveyard or cemetary, probably from the skulls lying on the ground. |
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| Dimensions: | 26 x 26mm (1.0 x 1.0 inches) |
| Filename: | 062-hans-holbein-1523-death-letter-a-q87-496x500.jpg |
| Blog image: | http://fromoldbooks.org/r/7/062-hans-holbein-1523-death-letter-a-q87-496x500.jpg |
| Blog link: | http://fromoldbooks.org/r/7/pages/062-hans-holbein-1523-death-letter-a/ |
| Artist: | Holbein |
| Scanner dpi: | 2400 |
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