Items matching calligraphy (results page 1)

Half Title: The Art of IllumnatingThe Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

This ornately engraved coloured design is on the page before the title page, and says: The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe From the Earliest Times Note that this 1860 book was not printed w [...]

Keywords: calligraphy, colour, title pages

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Added: 2012-07-06

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Mediaeval Border from Title PageThe Thames Illustrated: A Picturesque Journey from Richmond to Oxford (1897)

This 1890s Victorian book has an arts-and-crafts-inspired Mediaeval/medieval-style calligraphic title page drawing, a design based on manuscript books and early printed books. The full-page border in [...]

Keywords: borders, calligraphy, lettert, inhabited borders, floriated borders, greyscale

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Added: 2011-03-20

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Book InscriptionCraftsman’s Plant-Book, The (1909)

Opposite the bookplate there is a hand-written inscription:

There is a monogram, HTB I think.

Keywords: handwriting, calligraphy, colour

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Added: 2011-05-21

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2. 8th Century.Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

British Museum.

Calligraphy from an 8th Century manuscript, presumably Anglo-Saxon.

Original scanned at 1200 dpi on an Epson E10000 professional scanner.

Keywords: initials, alphabets, lettering, calligraphy, red, colour

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Added: 2005-09-21

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3. 8th and 9th Centuries. Anglo-Saxon.Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

Calligraphy from England in the 8th and 9th centuries.

Keywords: initials, alphabets, lettering, blue, calligraphy, colour

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Added: 2006-03-29

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Foliated Decorative Capital Letter “O”Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This floriated letter “O” was used as an initial capital (a drop cap) on a title page inside this ornate mediæval border. The letter has an unusual spiral line round it, vines, leaves, and a strongly [...]

Keywords: lettero, initials, calligraphy, floriated initials, greyscale

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Added: 2013-04-27

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calligraphy: mediaeval decorative letter “A”Works, BL Harley MS 4431 (1414)

A richly decorated capital letter “A” from an illuminated manuscript made in 1414. It is coloured in red and blue, with black outlines and gold leaf. It is from the recto (front) of folio 4 of the bo [...]

Keywords: lettera, calligraphy, initials, lettering, colour

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Added: 2010-08-05

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calligraphy: mediaeval pen-letter “A”Works, BL Harley MS 4431 (1414)

A red letter “C” made with a calligraphy pen in the early fifteenth century. The roughness of the edges is partly from the texture of the writing surface, but it gives an “antique” look to the letter. [...]

Keywords: letterc, calligraphy, initials, lettering, red, colour

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Added: 2010-08-05

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calligraphy: mediaeval decorative letter “H”Works, BL Harley MS 4431 (1414)

A richly decorated capital letter “H” from an illuminated manuscript made in 1414. It is coloured in red and blue, with black outlines and gold leaf. It is from the verso (back side) of folio 4 of th [...]

Keywords: letterh, calligraphy, initials, lettering, colour

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Added: 2010-08-05

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calligraphy: mediaeval decorative letter “P”Works, BL Harley MS 4431 (1414)

A richly decorated capital letter “P” from an illuminated manuscript made in 1414. It is coloured in red and blue, with black outlines and gold leaf. It is from the verso (back side) of folio 4 of th [...]

Keywords: letterp, calligraphy, initials, lettering, colour

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Added: 2010-08-05

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calligraphy: mediaeval decorative letter “Q”Works, BL Harley MS 4431 (1414)

A richly decorated capital letter “Q” from an illuminated manuscript made in 1414. It is coloured in red and blue, with black outlines and gold leaf. It is from the verso (back side) of folio 4 of th [...]

Keywords: letterq, calligraphy, initials, lettering, colour

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Added: 2010-08-05

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Osanna in ExcelsisLa Vita Nuova (The New Life) (1910)

The phrase, Osanna in Excelsis (moer commonly written in English, Hosanna in Excelsis) in the form of a giant “E” with a decorative initial letter “O” containing angels, and a smaller E-within-the-e i [...]

Keywords: christmas, initials, angels, lettering, calligraphy, colour

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Added: 2010-12-20

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Letter “I” from 16th century book of hoursBook of Hours, Rosenwald MS. 10 (1533)

The letter I painted in red and gold used as a decorative initial. This is what in calligraphy today is called a built-up letter, made with multiple pen or brush strokes. However, it was then gilded [...]

Keywords: letteri, initials, calligraphy, red, gold, colour, lettering, christmas

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Added: 2006-03-01

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Letter “D” from 16th century book of hoursBook of Hours, Rosenwald MS. 10 (1533)

The letter D painted in blue and gold used as a decorative initial.

This image was on image 15 of the Library of Congress page images.

Keywords: letterd, initials, calligraphy, blue, gold, colour, lettering, christmas

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Added: 2006-03-01

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Letter “I” from 16th century book of hoursBook of Hours, Rosenwald MS. 10 (1533)

The letter I painted in blue and gold used as a decorative initial.

This image was on image 15 of the Library of Congress page images.

Keywords: letteri, initials, calligraphy, red, gold, colour, lettering, christmas

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Added: 2006-03-01

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Letter “C” from 16th century book of hoursBook of Hours, Rosenwald MS. 10 (1533)

The letter C painted in red and gold used as a decorative initial.

This image was on image 16 of the Library of Congress page images.

Keywords: letterc, initials, calligraphy, red, gold, colour, lettering, christmas

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Added: 2006-03-01

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Page detail from Mediaeval Book of HoursBook of Hours, Rosenwald MS. 10 (1533)

A fragment of a hand-written page of calligraphy from the late mediæval period—or from the Rennaissance, one might say, and made well after printing was common-place amongst those who could afford boo [...]

Keywords: colour, page images, calligraphy, lettering, christmas

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Added: 2006-03-01

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Plate 17.—Ninth Century. Nº 5.The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

All except Figure 7 are from the Bible of Charles the Bald, and Figure 7 is from the Gospels of Lothaire. [more detail on request] I have broken out the various borders in this image and made them ava [...]

Keywords: colour, borders, typography, ornaments, calligraphy, page images

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Added: 2005-12-09

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Letter “D” from 16th century book of hoursBook of Hours, Rosenwald MS. 10 (1533)

The letter D painted in blue and gold used as a decorative initial. More precisely there’s gold leaf on a blue background.

This image was on image 22 of the Library of Congress page images.

Keywords: letterd, initials, calligraphy, blue, gold, colour, lettering, christmas

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Added: 2007-05-21

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Letter “S” from 16th century book of hoursBook of Hours, Rosenwald MS. 10 (1533)

The letter S painted in blue and gold used as a decorative initial. More precisely there’s gold leaf on a blue background.

This image was on image 23 of the Library of Congress page images.

Keywords: letters, initials, calligraphy, red, gold, colour, lettering, christmas

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Added: 2007-05-21

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