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Ornament The Antiquities of England and Wales (1783)

A printer’s ornament from the end of a chapter or section. This one shows a knight’s helmet with a sword and arrows.

Keywords: weapons, ornaments, greyscale

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Added: 2004-06-15

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Ornament The Antiquities of England and Wales (1783)

A printer’s ornament from the end of a chapter or section. This one shows a lyre or harp together with vine.

Keywords: ornaments, music, greyscale

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Added: 2004-06-15

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Printer’s Flower from Title Page Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

Ths ornament is on the title page.

Keywords: ornaments, typography, greyscale

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Added: 2009-03-07

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typographic ornament: rosette The Thames Illustrated: A Picturesque Journey from Richmond to Oxford (1897)

A decorative rosette of oak leaves in a circle, used as a typographic ornament on the title page of the book. full title page - detail: the decorative rosette - detail: the right-pointing flower - det [...]

Keywords: ornaments, flowers, typography, greyscale

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Added: 2011-03-17

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typographic ornament: flower pointing right The Thames Illustrated: A Picturesque Journey from Richmond to Oxford (1897)

A calligraphic flower (a sort of predecessor to a printer’s flower) used as a typographic ornament on the title page of the book. full title page - detail: the decorative rosette - detail: the right-p [...]

Keywords: ornaments, typography, flowers, greyscale

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Added: 2011-03-17

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Shabby-Chic Cartouche! Eccles. Liber, In Quo Omnia ... (1564)

This cartouche or frame is supported by two winged cherubs or putti, each holding rope with many tassels that connects to a broad-brimmed hat surmounting the frame. There is also a small cross. You ca [...]

Keywords: ornaments, frames, cartici, borders, cherubs, bare feet, nudity, wings, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

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Added: 2013-04-18

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Cartouche from Dedication Page Eccles. Liber, In Quo Omnia ... (1564)

This woodcut features a scroll-work oval cartouche or frame, with a wide-brimmed hat on top of it. Two cherubs, or winged putti, one on either side, hold multi-tassled rope. I don’t know the significa [...]

Keywords: frames, cartici, borders, cherubs, ornaments, nudity, bare feet, wings, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

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Added: 2013-04-19

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Cherub (cutout) Eccles. Liber, In Quo Omnia ... (1564)

A cherub or “putto” isolated from his background.

See also the cherub in context.

Keywords: cherubs, nudity, boys, bare feet, ornaments, greyscale

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Added: 2013-04-21

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Title Page Detail: Basked of Flowers The Craftsman’s Plant-Book (1909)

This woodcut of a basket or tub of roses is in a mediaeval style, and appeared as a page decoration on the title page of the book.

Keywords: flowers, ornaments, roses, greyscale

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Added: 2011-04-12

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typographic ornament: flower pointing left The Thames Illustrated: A Picturesque Journey from Richmond to Oxford (1897)

A calligraphic flower (a sort of predecessor to a printer’s flower) used as a typographic ornament on the title page of the book. full title page - detail: the decorative rosette - detail: the right-p [...]

Keywords: ornaments, flowers, typography, greyscale

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Added: 2011-03-17

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Ornament: Cornucopia The Antiquities of England and Wales (1783)

This antique typographic ornament was used as a chapter tail-piece at the end of a section of the preface. You could also use it as a decorative page element. This was scanned from a 1780s book, and i [...]

Keywords: ornaments, greyscale

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Added: 2008-03-25

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Gothic Chapter Head: Mediaeval Birds Architecture: Gothic and Renaissance (1896)

A decorative element (a typographic ornament, or part of a border) at the head of the first chapter (the glossary) features mediaeval (medieval) bird designs.

Keywords: chapterheads, ornaments, birds, greyscale

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Added: 2007-09-17

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