Sagen des Klassischen Altertums (page 1/3)

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Apollo beschuekt die Leiche Hektors

Hector tried to tire [Achilles] by running around the walls of Troy with Achilles in hot pursuit. He caught him on the third lap around and killed him. He then took his armor, tied the corpse behind his chariot and dragged him behind it around the walls of Troy. Even after he buried Patroclus and sacrificed many, many animals to him, he still dragged [...]Characters of Greek Mythology, established by Tonya James] [more...] [$]

Foliated initial capital letter S, coloured

Sometimes i colour pictures or images as i did this one, to give you ideas of how you might use it. [more...] [$]

Foliated Initial Letter S

This Fraktur-style capital S was used as a decorated initial, or drop cap, at the start of a chapter. A large initial can help the reader find the start of the [...] [more...] [$]

Perseus und Andromeda.

A damsel in distress if ever the was one! The woman (Andromeda) is chained at wrist and ankle to a rock in the sea, and a viscious sea-monster is about to swaller her up. But look! The helmeted and sandal-footed Perseus is [...] [more...] [$]

Crumbling elegance: floriated tailpiece with criblé background

This typographic decoration was printed as a tail-piece at the end of a chapter. The stippled white dots on a black background are called a criblé [more...] [$]