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Letter A from “Alphabet after Serlio” Letters & Lettering: A Treatise With 200 Examples (1921)

The letter A taken from Fig. 1.

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Added: 2006-02-22

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calligraphy: mediaeval decorative letter “A” Works, BL Harley MS 4431 (1414)

A richly decorated capital letter “A” from an illuminated manuscript made in 1414. It is coloured in red and blue, with black outlines and gold leaf. It is from the recto (front) of folio 4 of the bo [...]

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Added: 2010-08-05

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Initial Capital Letter “A” With Scholars Art in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods (1908)

This historiated decorative initial “A” was used as a drop cap, or dropped capital, at the start of a chapter. It shows two people wearing hats and robes and I think soft turned-down boots, reading bo [...]

Keywords: lettera, initials, scholars, books, hats, people, costumes, greyscale

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Added: 2012-06-26

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Decorated (Historiated) initial letter A by Valerio Spada Italian Etchers of the Renaissance & Baroque (1989)

Initial letter “A” from a historiated alphabet by Valerio Spada. Seventeeth century Italian people: a person with a walking-stick or cane, and wearing hat and coat, sits under a tree; another person [...]

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Added: 2011-03-22

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Historiated decorative initial capital letter A in Blue Italian Etchers of the Renaissance & Baroque (1989)

Letter “A” from Valerio Spada’s historiated alphabet print from 1659. I have coloured the letter itself in blue; you could easily change the blue to something else of course.

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Added: 2011-05-31

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Decorative initial letter “J” from 11th century. The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

This decorative capital letter A features Celtic knotwork, red, green and blue, with a peach fill.

See the letter X for more information.

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Added: 2013-02-07

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Clip-art: calligraphic decorative initial capital letter A from XIV. Century No. 1 The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

Calligraphic letter A from XIV. Century No. 1.

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Added: 2003-05-26

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Decorative initial letter “A” from 16th Century Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

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 [...]

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Added: 2009-11-09

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62a.—Initial capital letter “A” from Dance of Death Alphabet Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This decorative initial letter “A”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein the Younger and dating from 1523. It features a skeleton banging a drum (or tabor) with a bone, and also p [...]

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Added: 2009-03-07

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clipart: initial letter A from late 15th century printed book Alphabets & Numbers of the Middle Ages (1845)

A decorative initial “A” taken from a late 15th century alphabet. You could use it as a drop capital, an avatar, or something to colour in. If you use it, let me know what you did! A B C D E F G G ( [...]

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Added: 2008-08-13

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Fourteenth Century Initial Letter A from Plate 65 The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

A red and blue calligraphic decorative letter “A” from a 14th century manuscript, reproduced in this 1860 book. The squiggles would have gone into the left margin. I’ve made lots of sizes to make it [...]

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Added: 2007-06-11

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clipart: initial letter A from beginning of the 16th Century Alphabets & Numbers of the Middle Ages (1845)

Wood cut of a decorated initial letter “A” (e.g. for a drop cap or ornamental capital letter), from the beginning of the 16th Century. There is a calligraphic capital A with interwoven vines and flowe [...]

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Added: 2011-06-15

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