La Vita Nuova (The New Life) (page 3/5)

51.—Serving at a Banquet

Two men, servants, wearing mediæval outfits with hose (tights) and hats, proceed presumably to a banquet, one with a flask and one with a pie. Overhead, cherubs play musical [...] [more...]

Two cherubs play flute and violin

A detail from Fig. 51, two winged cherubs sit playing musical instruments, one a twin pipe and the other a bowed instrument like an early violin. [more...]

Cherub with Triangle

A detail from Fig. 51, a winged cherubs sits playing a musical instrument, a triangle. He is naked, and his eyes glance to one side. He has a curl of hair. [more...]

Servant with Food

A young man wearing hose, a doublet and a helmet or tall hat is carrying a plate, perhaps with a pie or even a roast chicken. He is gong to serve at a mediæval banquet. [more...]

Border with troubadors and drolleries

Three-quarter page foliated border, printed in gold-coloured ink, featuring three anthopomorphic dog-men (increasingly dog-like from left to right), a demon or satyr, a [...] [more...]

Border detail: two-faced drollery

A drollery; these were strange and grotesque creatures placed in the margins of manuscripts by mediaeval scribes. This one is from 1910, in imitation of mediaeval [...] [more...]

Border detail: Satyr or horned devil

A drollery; these were strange and grotesque creatures placed in the margins of manuscripts by mediaeval scribes. This one is from 1910, in imitation of mediaeval drolleries. It is a devil, or satyr, with one bird [...] [more...]

Calligraphic initial leter T

This decorative initial “T” was used a drop cap. It has been drawn in a mediaeval calligraphic style, and was printed in a reddish-yellow ink, a sort of gold colour. I cannot say for certain whether it was drawn by Evelyn Paul, but it is in the same style as the [...] [more...]

Spirit Angels of Peace

And I seemed to look towards Heaven, and to behold a multitude of angels who were returning upwards, having before them an exceedingly white cloud: and these angels were singing together [...] [more...]

Border with initial letter A

A decorative border in a mediaeval vine-leaves style, with an initial capital lettter A with a small dragon on one side. You could use the A as a drop cap by itself [...] [more...]