The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (page 6/6)

Letter A from Fifteenth Century No. 4

Letter A from Fifteenth Century No. 4

Decorative initial letter A from Fifteenth Century No. 4, blue with a red background. In use I would expect the letter to be set into the text, with the flourishes sticking out into the margin. [more...]

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Letter A from Fifteenth Century No. 4

Letter A from Fifteenth Century No. 4

Decorative initial letter A from Fifteenth Century No. 4, red with a blue background. In use I would expect the letter to be set into the text, with the flourishes sticking out into the margin. [more...]

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Plate 74.---Fifteenth Century No. 4 (two of 2)

Plate 74.—Fifteenth Century No. 4 (two of 2)

“[...] a series of bold initials from detached fragments in the South Kensington Museum.” (p. 103) [more...]

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Plate 85b.---Fifteenth Century No. 15 (Borders)

Plate 85b.—Fifteenth Century No. 15 (Borders)

Various borders and corners from a Book of Hours from the 15th century. I have scanned it in two parts; this is part two (part one is not yet online). I have separated out some [...] [more...]

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Horizontal border with flowers, Item 15 from Plate 85

Horizontal border with flowers, Item 15 from Plate 85

Fifteenth century horizontal floral border from Plate 85. I have edited it a little so that it more or less joins on to itself, to make a longer line. [more...]

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Border with corner, Item 17 from Plate 85

Border with corner, Item 17 from Plate 85

Fifteenth century vertical floral border with corner and horizontal segment, from Plate 85. [more...]

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Plate 93.---Sixteenth Century No. 5

Plate 93.—Sixteenth Century No. 5

Not a complete alphabet, and with an odd “O” but still an interesting set of decorative initials, with red letters on a black and white background. [more...]

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G to M from XIV. Century  No. 1.

G to M from XIV. Century No. 1.

See XIV. Century No. 1 for the full alphabet, miniscule and majiscule (capitals and small letters). Actually it’s not a full alphabet by modern standards. [more...]

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G to M from XIV. Century  No. 1.

G to M from XIV. Century No. 1.

See XIV. Century No. 1 for the full alphabet, miniscule and majiscule (capitals and small letters). Actually it’s not a full alphabet by modern standards. [more...]

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Lower row of lower-case (miniscule) blackletter from XIV. Century  No. 1.

Lower row of lower-case (miniscule) blackletter from XIV. Century No. 1.

The small (miniscule) letters from p to z; strictly speaking these are not to be called “lower case” since they are for writing and not printing, but it is a distinction no longer widely followed. [more...]

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Plate 71.---Fifteenth Century No. 1a.

Plate 71.—Fifteenth Century No. 1a.

“A series of bold initials from detached fragments in the South Kensington Museum.” (p. 103) [more...]

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Plate 71.---Fifteenth century No. 1b.

Plate 71.—Fifteenth century No. 1b.

“A series of bold initials from detached fragments in the South Kensington Museum.” (p. 103) [more...]

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