Items matching lettering 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.

53.16.—IHS

Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

The monogram IHS comes from the Greek for Jesus, IHESUS, or from the Latin Ihesus Hominum Salvator, which is, Jesus, saviour of Mankind (Jesus was the name of a religious person). A modern interpretat [...]

Keywords: ornaments, monograms, symbols, spirit, religion, typography, lettering, christmas

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Added: 2006-07-02

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52.—16th Century from Wood Engravings

Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

This is not a good scan; I plan to replace it with one made at a higher resolution. It is an alphabet with some ornate decoration and flourishes.

Keywords: alphabets, calligraphy, lettering

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Added: 2006-11-29

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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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Added: 2006-03-29

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4.—9th Century. From an Anglo-Saxon MS. Battel Abbey.

Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

Today called Battle Abbey. Someone made a font from a Dover reprint of this alphabet—Rob Anderson, I think. There is no coyright statement on the font, which was probably originally a PostScript Type [...]

Keywords: initials, alphabets, lettering, fonts, typography

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Added: 2006-06-03

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53.24.—Monogram IHS

Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

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Added: 2007-02-05

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