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62v.—Initial capital letter “U” from Dance of Death Alphabet more
letteru, letterv, initials, death, people, skeletons, greyscale
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| Image title: | 62v.—Initial capital letter “U” 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: | letteru, letterv, 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 “U” or “V”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. It shows a man on horseback siezed by Death from behind as he tries to escape. The same image serves as both U and V, as was common at that time. |
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| Dimensions: | 26 x 26mm (1.0 x 1.0 inches) |
| Filename: | tn/062-hans-holbein-1523-death-letter-v-q75-484x500.jpg |
| Blog image: | http://fromoldbooks.org/r/7/062-hans-holbein-1523-death-letter-v-q75-484x500.jpg |
| Blog link: | http://fromoldbooks.org/r/7/pages/062-hans-holbein-1523-death-letter-v/ |
| Artist: | Holbein |
| Scanner dpi: | 2400 |
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