| Image title: | Letter “I” from 16th century book of hours |
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| Source: | Tory, Geoffroy: “Book of Hours, Ms. Library of Congress. Rosenwald ms. 10” (1533) |
| Place shown: | none |
| Keywords: | letteri, initials, calligraphy, colour, lettering, christmas |
| 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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The letter I painted in red and gold used as a decorative initial. This is what in calligraphy today is called a built-up letter, made with multiple pen or brush strokes. However, it was then gilded with gold. This image was on image 14 of the Library of Congress page images. |
| Filename: | 014-detail-initial-I-q75-307x188.jpg |
| Blog image: | http://fromoldbooks.org/r/K/014-detail-initial-I-q75-307x188.jpg |
| Blog link: | http://fromoldbooks.org/r/K/pages/014-detail-initial-I/ |
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| Scanner dpi: | 300 |
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