Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (page 3/7)

Decorative initial letter “A” from 16th Century

This capital “A” is suitable for use as a drop cap (dropped capital) or a decorative initial; there’s also a small version for an avatar or icon. It is taken from a 16th century alphabet, and shows a bird biting a moth. [more...]

Decorative initial letter “B” from 16th Century

This capital “B” is suitable for use as a drop cap (dropped capital) or a decorative initial; there’s also a small version for an avatar or icon. It is taken from a 16th century alphabet, and features acorns and oak leaves, and a king or two-headed grotesque figure. [more...]

Decorative initial letter “C” from 16th Century

This capital “C” is suitable for use as a drop cap (dropped capital) or a decorative initial; there’s also a small version for an avatar or icon. It is taken from a 16th century alphabet, and shows a boar with a bird on its back! [more...]

Decorative initial letter “D” from 16th Century

This capital “D” is suitable for use as a drop cap (dropped capital) or a decorative initial; there’s also a small version for an avatar or icon. It is taken from a 16th century alphabet, and includes a wood-fire. [more...]

Decorative initial letter “E” from 16th Century

This capital “E” is suitable for use as a drop cap (dropped capital) or a decorative initial; there’s also a small version for an avatar or icon. It is taken from a 16th century alphabet, and depicts a dragon with wings and a long tongue, and, in the background, a fleur-de-lys. So maybe it is a French dragon? [more...]

Decorative initial letter “F” from 16th Century

This capital “F” is suitable for use as a drop cap (dropped capital) or a decorative initial; there’s also a small version for an avatar or icon. It is taken from a 16th century alphabet, and shows a bird, perhaps a pigeon or dove, and a flower, drawn like a Tudor rose but maybe closer to a daffodil. [more...]

Decorative initial letter “G” from 16th Century

This capital “G” is suitable for use as a drop cap (dropped capital) or a decorative initial; there’s also a small version for an avatar or icon. It is taken from a 16th century alphabet, and shows a dog, a hound, with a long-beaked bird or insect above it. [more...]

Decorative initial letter “H” from 16th Century

This capital “H” is suitable for use as a drop cap (dropped capital) or a decorative initial; there’s also a small version for an avatar or icon. It is taken from a 16th century alphabet, and shows an archer, or more likely a jester or actor with a mask. [more...]

Decorative initial letter “I” from 16th Century

This capital “I” is suitable for use as a drop cap (dropped capital) or a decorative initial; there’s also a small version for an avatar or icon. It is taken from a 16th century alphabet, and shows a dog biting a bone while being attacked by jellyfish (?), and also a lizard, and perhaps some holly in the background. [more...]

Decorative initial letter “J” from 16th Century

This capital “J” is suitable for use as a drop cap (dropped capital) or a decorative initial; there’s also a small version for an avatar or icon. It is inspired by the 16th century alphabet, but I (Liam) made it from the letter I for modern usage. [more...]

Decorative initial letter “K” from 16th Century

This capital “K” is suitable for use as a drop cap (dropped capital) or a decorative initial; there’s also a small version for an avatar or icon. It is taken from a 16th century alphabet, and features various grotesque faces sticking out tongues. [more...]

Decorative initial letter “L” from 16th Century

This capital “L” is suitable for use as a drop cap (dropped capital) or a decorative initial; there’s also a small version for an avatar or icon. It is taken from a 16th century alphabet, and features a painter licking a brush, or perhaps a claw-footed demon eating a chicken drumstick while watching a movie, while overhead, a flying bird-fish devours a plant. [more...]