La Civilizacion (page 2/2)

Front cover for the history of civilization

Black printing with inlaid gold make this large red book cover look very strong. It would be great for a restaurant menu! [more...]

Abstract border and front cover design

This is the pattern and design from the front cover. [more...]

Ornate Early Victorian full-page Geometric Border

This geometric full-page border includes stylized acanthus leaves and knotwork in blackand orange. It came from the front cover of the book. The outer back border is a typographic ornament repeated. [more...]

Courtyard of an Egyptian House

This could almost be the atrium of a modern hotel, but it’s a drawing (speculatively, presumably) of an ancient Egyptian house built to surround a central courtyard that seems perhaps to have a glass roof. There are square pillars holding up the second floor and there’s a group of palm trees in the middle surrounding a statue. A barefoot man wearing [...] [more...]

Ashurbanipal sacrificing the lions he has killed

King Ashurbanipal ruled over what was then the largest empire the world had ever seen, now called the Neo-Assyrian Empire. The empire lasted for around three hundred years (911 – 612 BCE). [more...]

Infancy of Semiramis

Infancia de Semíramis [more...]

Median Civilization

The Medes lived in what is now North-West Iran around 800 BCE. This book identifies them with Medai, the third son of Japhet, son of Noah, in the Bible, but this would make Noah much too recent. [more...]

Initial letter L for drop cap, with squiggle

This capital L was used as a decorative initial (dropped capital) at the start of a chapter. The mix of geometric patterns and stylized vines is very characteristic of the period; the wiggly line sticking out to the right of the initial seems very Spanish and [...] [more...]

Decorative initial letter H with dragon

This decorated initial h is inan uncial form and has a dragon resting on top of it! In the book, the bottom of the large rectangle containing the letter was aligned with the baseline of the second line of text, with the [...] [more...]