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

initials: ornamental font or typeface used for the first letter of a chapter

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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.

Decorative initial letter “M” from 16th Century

Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

This capital “M” 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 include [...]

Keywords: letterm, initials, heraldry

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-11-17

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Decorative initial letter “L” from 16th Century

Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

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 feature [...]

Keywords: letterl, initials, mythical creatures

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-11-15

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Decorative initial letter “N” from 16th Century

Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

This capital “N” 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 include [...]

Keywords: lettern, initials, mythical creatures

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-11-17

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Decorative initial letter “K” from 16th Century

Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

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 feature [...]

Keywords: letterk, initials, faces

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-11-15

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Decorative initial letter “E” from 16th Century

Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

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 [...]

Keywords: lettere, initials, dragons, mythical creatures, fleurs de lys

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-11-12

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Decorative initial letter “B” from 16th Century

Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

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 feature [...]

Keywords: letterb, initials

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-11-10

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Decorative initials letter “P” from 16th Century

Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

This capital “P” 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 includes a drawing of a pelican bird.

Keywords: letterp, initials, birds

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Added: 2009-11-20

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Decorative initial letter “H” from 16th Century

Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

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 a [...]

Keywords: letterh, initials, people

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-11-14

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01. 8th Century. Vatican.

Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

Keywords: initials, alphabets

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Added: 2006-01-20

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Decorative initial letter “G” from 16th Century

Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

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 [...]

Keywords: letterg, initials, dogs

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-11-14

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07. 7.—11th Century and Numerals

Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

The odd title really means that this image is a plate made from Eleventh Century AD initial letters; the “numerals” are actually Roman numbers done as ligatures.

Keywords: initials, alphabets, typography

Places shown: unspecified

Added: 2006-01-20

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51.—16th Century

Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

A set of decorative initial letters from the sixteenth century; it is missing “J” “O” “W” “X” and “Z” so that there are only 21 letters here, although I have made a fake “J.” They have an appealing pl [...]

Keywords: alphabets, calligraphy, mythical creatures, initials

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-09-06

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