Items in none taken from Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (1878)

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

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.

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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Plate 62, Dance of Death Alphabet (overview)

Plate 62 is Holbein’s Dance of Death alphabet. I am making the individual letters available at higher resolution; this image is just a place to put the notes and to let you get a feel for the whole a [...]

Keywords: initials, death, page images

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Added: 2009-03-10

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62g.—Initial capital letter “G” from Dance of Death Alphabet.

This decorative initial letter “G”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. It shows two skeletons, or Death figures, siezing a queen; one skeleton plays the fl [...]

Keywords: letterg, initials, death, skeletons, royalty

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Added: 2009-03-28

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62k.—Initial capital letter “K” from Dance of Death Alphabet.

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, wearing a fur cap and mantle, and with a [...]

Keywords: letterk, initials, death, skeletons

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Added: 2009-05-12

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62h.—Initial capital letter “H” from Dance of Death Alphabet.

This decorative initial letter “H”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. It depicts a skeleton, representing Death, dragging off a bishop.

Keywords: letterh, initials, death, skeletons, religion

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Added: 2009-04-01

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captions for plates 57 – 64

The captions are in German, and I cannot understand them. If you want to send them to me (UTF-8 please!) I’ll put the transcriptions up on the pages for the corresponding plates.

Keywords: captions, page images

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Added: 2009-03-10

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

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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62d.—Initial capital letter “D” from Dance of Death Alphabet

This decorative initial letter “D”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. It features a king thrown to the ground and forcibly dragged away by two skeletons, [...]

Keywords: letterc, initials, death, skeletons

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Added: 2009-03-12

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

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

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Added: 2009-06-12

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Printer’s Flower from Title Page

Ths ornament is on the title page.

Keywords: ornaments, typography

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Added: 2009-03-07

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62i.—Initial capital letter “I” from Dance of Death Alphabet.

This decorative initial letter “I”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. It is also used for “J.” It features a skeleton (Death) in the guise of an old woman [...]

Keywords: letteri, letterj, initials, death, skeletons, religion

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-04-18

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