![[Picture: 62t.---Initial capital letter ``T'' from Dance of Death Alphabet.]](http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Butsch-RenaissanceOrnament/pages/062-hans-holbein-1523-death-letter-t/062-hans-holbein-1523-death-letter-t-q75-487x500.jpg "[Picture: 62t.---Initial capital letter ``T'' from Dance of Death Alphabet.]")
62t.—Initial capital letter “T” from Dance of Death Alphabet. more
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| Image title: | 62t.—Initial capital letter “T” 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: | lettert, initials, death, people, skeletons, greyscale |
| Status: | out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free stock image for all purposes usage credit requested Please do not redistribute without permission, since running this site is expensive. |
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This decorative initial letter “T”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. The skeleton figures in the alphabet represent death. The letter features a minstrel with his pipe, lying prostrate on the ground, and being dragged away by one Death, whilst another pours something from a vessel into his mouth, presumably poison. |
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| Dimensions: | 26 x 26mm (1.0 x 1.0 inches) |
| Filename: | 062-hans-holbein-1523-death-letter-t-q75-487x500.jpg |
| Blog image: | http://fromoldbooks.org/r/7/062-hans-holbein-1523-death-letter-t-q75-487x500.jpg |
| Blog link: | http://fromoldbooks.org/r/7/pages/062-hans-holbein-1523-death-letter-t/ |
| Artist: | Holbein |
| Scanner dpi: | 2400 |
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