Items matching letterd taken from The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

letterd: The letter “D” for example as a decorative initial or drop cap (drop capital letter).

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Images scanned from The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times by W. R. Tymms, with an Essay and Instructions by M. D. Wyatt, Architect. London. Published April 2nd 1860 by Day and Son, Lithographers to the Queen.

There are 100 full colour plates in the book done in chromolithography, as well as a chromolithographed title page. I have only scanned a few because my scanner damages the binding. The text is by Matthew Digby Wyatt and the images appear to have been made by W. R. Tymms (and not Symms, as this page used to say).

Clip-art; calligraphic decorative initial capital letter D from XIV. Century No. 1

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Calligraphic letter D from XIV. Century No. 1.

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Added: 2007-02-16

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Decorative initial letter D from fifteenth Century Nos. 4 and 5.

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Decorative initial letter D from Fifteenth Century No. 4.

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Keywords: letterd, initials, calligraphy, colour

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Added: 2009-09-20

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Fourteenth Century Initial Letter D from Plate 65

The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

A red and blue calligraphic decorative letter “D” from a 14th century manuscript, reproduced in this 1860 book. The squiggles would have gone into the left margin. I’ve made fewer sizes than usual b [...]

Keywords: initials, letterd, lettering, calligraphy, colour

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Added: 2007-08-07

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