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people: an image depicting or containing humans, whether individual or groups, and whether foreground or background.

Synonyms: crowds, pedestrians, onlookers, spectaters

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Engravings from “Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance” (Book-Ornament of the Renaissance) by A. F. Butsch, Leipzig, 1878. Alfred Butsch was a famous bookseller and a collecter of antiquarian books; the engraved plates in the book reproduce illustrations from early printed books.

I bought my copy of this book (actually Volume II hasn’t arrive yet!) from a bookseller in Germany; there is also a fac simile by Dover, but the reproduction is not of the highest quality, so these images are better, if very incomplete.

62t.—Initial capital letter “T” from Dance of Death Alphabet.

Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (1878)

This decorative initial letter “T”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. The skeleton figures in the alphabet represent death. The letter features a minstrel [...]

Keywords: lettert, initials, death, people, skeletons

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-06-12

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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

62l.—Initial capital letter “L” from Dance of Death Alphabet.

Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (1878)

This decorative initial letter “K”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. It features a skeleton, representing Death, standing on the left, carrying holy wate [...]

Keywords: letterl, initials, death, skeletons, religion, people

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-09-03

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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

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