Items matching spirit taken from Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (1878)

spirit: to do with spiritual or religious aspects of the self.

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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.

62c.—Initial capital letter “C” from Dance of Death Alphabet

Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (1878)

This decorative initial letter “C”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. it features an emperor in the clutches of two skeletons, or Deaths, one of whom he r [...]

Keywords: letterc, initials, death, skeletons, spirit

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Added: 2009-03-12

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62f.—Initial capital letter “F” from Dance of Death Alphabet.

Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (1878)

This decorative initial letter “F”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. Two grinning skeletons, representing Death, are attacking an empress sitting in her [...]

Keywords: letterf, initials, death, skeletons, royalty, spirit

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Added: 2009-03-28

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62b.—Initial capital letter “B” from Dance of Death Alphabet

Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (1878)

This decorative initial letter “B”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. It features two skeletons, or death-figures, a dog and a pope. Some commentators say [...]

Keywords: letterb, initials, death, skeletons, religion, spirit

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Added: 2009-03-07

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62e.—Initial capital letter “E” from Dance of Death Alphabet

Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (1878)

This decorative initial letter “E”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. It features a skeleton, representing Death, with bony hands on the shoulders of a ca [...]

Keywords: lettere, initials, death, skeletons, spirit

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Added: 2009-03-22

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62a.—Initial capital letter “A” from Dance of Death Alphabet

Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (1878)

This decorative initial letter “A”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein the Younger and dating from 1523. It features a skeleton banging a drum (or tabor) with a bone, and also p [...]

Keywords: lettera, initials, death, skeletons, music, musical instruments, spirit

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Added: 2009-03-07

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