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Images and some text extracts from L’Ornament Polychrome, Cent Planches en Couleurs Or et Argent [etc] by De M. A. Racinet, 1869 – 188.
I have the fac simile published by Taschen; the text has been translated from the French into English and German, but I think only in summary form. In addition, the fac simile mixes illustrations from L’Ornement des Tissus receuil historique et pratique by M. Dupont-Auberville (1877).
Title: L’Ornament Polychrome (Ornament in Colour)
Published by: Librarie de Firmin Didot Frères, Fils et Cie.
City: Paris
Date: 1869
Total items: 12
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
![[picture: Fig. 57. No. 6.---Persian Ceramic Tile Border]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Racinet-Ornament/wm/big/057-006-persian-tile-border-q85-155x200.jpg "[picture: Fig. 57. No. 6.---Persian Ceramic Tile Border]")
Fig. 57. No. 6.—Persian Ceramic Tile Border
This full-page border design is taken from ancient persian ceramic building tiles. The original tiles go from the centre of one rosette to the next, and are 10 inches (25cm) from [...] [more...] [$]
![[picture: Fig. 99 No. 7.---Ornate border, 9th century, Gallo-Frankish School.]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Racinet-Ornament/wm/big/099-007-ornate-border-q75-127x200.jpg "[picture: Fig. 99 No. 7.---Ornate border, 9th century, Gallo-Frankish School.]")
Fig. 99 No. 7.—Ornate border, 9th century, Gallo-Frankish School.
This gold full-page border from the ninth century features knotwork at the upper corners and two lions on the top. I also made a simplified version of this border. [more...] [$]
![[picture: Inhabited Initial letter B, Anglo-Saxon]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Racinet-Ornament/wm/big/099-001-anglo-saxon-initial-b-q75-145x200.jpg "[picture: Inhabited Initial letter B, Anglo-Saxon]")
Inhabited Initial letter B, Anglo-Saxon
This capital letter B is from an Anglo-Saxon illuminated manuscript from about 1,000 years ago; the book does not identify the exact source but notes that although the decoration is in the Celtic [...] [more...] [$]
![[picture: Anglo-Saxon decorative initial B in the Celtic knotwork style]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Racinet-Ornament/wm/big/099-001-anglo-saxon-initial-b-white-q75-145x200.jpg "[picture: Anglo-Saxon decorative initial B in the Celtic knotwork style]")
Anglo-Saxon decorative initial B in the Celtic knotwork style
An Anglo-Saxon capital B with the interior decoration removed, making it eaier to reuse. [more...] [$]
![[picture: Border, 9th century, Gallo-Frankish School]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Racinet-Ornament/wm/big/099-007-knotwork-border-with-lions-q75-125x200.jpg "[picture: Border, 9th century, Gallo-Frankish School]")
Border, 9th century, Gallo-Frankish School
This gold full-page border features knotwork at the upper corners and two lions on the top. It is a detail from Fig. 99-7, which shows a much more ornate border dating from the 9th century. [more...] [$]
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