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initials: ornamental letters, usually capital, used for the first letter of a chapter or section or to draw the reader's attention, also called decorative initials or drop caps (dropped capitals).
In hand-written manuscripts a decorated initial is often a littera notabilior, a Latin phrase meaning a more noticeable letter.
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Plate 74.—Fifteenth Century No. 4 (two of 2)
Ornate initial K from Germany
Calligraphic initial leter T
Initil Letter L With Cowslips
Initial letter C with angel releasing birds from bird-cage
Decorative initial letter ‘T”
Initial Letter M With Crucifixion Scene
Plate 93.—Sixteenth Century No. 5
Border with initial letter A
Inhabited Initial letter B, Anglo-Saxon
Anglo-Saxon decorative initial B in the Celtic knotwork style
Celtic knotwork dragon ornament/initial
Fig. 99 No. 8.—Anglo-Saxon Initial letter N
Decorative initial “L” with wild flowers and weeds
Initial Letter S
Initial Leter Q From Mitelli’s Alphabet
initial letter R with small girl
Decorative element: overgrown well bucket
Initial letter D, floriated
W with two horses and riders
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