Items matching colour taken from Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

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Scans from The Book of Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval collected and engraved by Freeman Gage Delamotte (1814 – 1862); London, Crosby Lockwood and Co., 1879

If anyone is interested, I’ll try and do some better scans of the alphabets and examples of calligraphy and calligraphic initials in this book.

(Note: Mediæval is the older British English spelling of Mediaeval, or Medieval).

The full title page is transcribed alongside its image. This is an oblong octavo with alphabets printed in various colours including red, green and brown.

I found an online copy of a similar book by the same author at illuminated-books.com but it is for non-commercial use only.

Front Cover

Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

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Back Cover

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3. 8th and 9th Centuries. Anglo-Saxon.

Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

Calligraphy from England in the 8th and 9th centuries.

Keywords: initials, alphabets, lettering, colour

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34. 34.—16th Century. Vatican.

Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

Alphabet from a 16th Century manuscript in the Vatical Library. The letters are A B C D E F G H I K L M N P Q R S T Y, so that J, V, Y and Z are lacking. For J one would use J at that time, and U fo [...]

Keywords: initials, alphabets, colour, typography

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2. 8th Century.

Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

British Museum.

Calligraphy from an 8th Century manuscript, presumably Anglo-Saxon.

Original scanned at 1200 dpi on an Epson E10000 professional scanner.

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53.19.—Decorative stylised tree (embossed leather version)

Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

A version of the tree symbol (originally taken from plate 53) which I embossed onto a leather book cover, to give an idea for a use for the image.

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Title Page

Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

The Book Of Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval, from the eighth century, with numerals, including Gothic; Church Text;, Large and Small; German Arabesque; Initials for Illumination, monograms, [...]

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53.—Mongrams, Crosses, etc. [overview]

Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

Monograms (e.g. IHS), gothic crosses and other religious symbols.

I have made higher-resolution versions of the individual images, with the colour removed, so that you can reuse them.

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