Items matching ornaments 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.
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| 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 Places shown: none Added: 2006-07-02 + S K L R N |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | | 53.18.—Fleur-de-Lys Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)
A printer’s ornament, or, more likely, a calligraphic decoration. The name fleur-de-lys, or fleur-de-lis, may derive from the iris flower found on the banks of the River Lys in France, although the fl [...] Keywords: symbols, ornaments, calligraphy, spirit, religion, heraldry, fleurs de lys Places shown: none Added: 2006-12-23 + S K L R N |
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Items matching ornaments taken from Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)
