Items matching cartici (results page 1)

Cartouche or frame from title page of ConcordanceGeneva Bible Scans (1581)

This is the frame around the device (or trade-mark) of the printer Christopher Barker that was on the 1581 title-page of the Geneva Bible. It features trees and scroll-work and an oval central space. [...]

Keywords: cartici, frames, borders, colour

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Added: 2012-06-18

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Ornate Rectangular FrameArt-Journal (1850)

This ornate rectangular frame or cartouche surrounded the volume number of the magazine on the title page. I liked the flourishes on the top and inside, with a hint of acanthus leaves. I have made sep [...]

Keywords: frames, borders, cartici, acanthus, greyscale

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Added: 2015-09-24

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Cartouche with Sculpture, Art and ArchitectureArt-Journal (1850)

This is the main engraving from the title page of the 1850 Art-Journal, without the writing. A group of three topless women stand on an ancient sarcophagus; the women represent sculpture (with a hamme [...]

Keywords: cartici, frames, borders, art, architecture, sculpture, painting, people, statuary, circular, sarcophagi, greyscale

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Added: 2015-09-24

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Dedication page With CartoucheArt-Journal (1850)

The dedication page comes after the title page and imprint page. Here it uses a giant circular frame or cartouche of gems or diadems to enclose the text. At the foot of the page, under the text, and s [...]

Keywords: page images, cartici, frames, borders, circular, statuary, art, heraldry, greyscale

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Added: 2015-09-24

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Oval or Elliptical Victorian FrameArt-Journal (1850)

This giant elliptical (oval) frame or cartouche is taken from the dedication page of the magazine. The giant circular frame or cartouche of gems or diadems enclosed the text. At the foot of the page, [...]

Keywords: frames, cartici, borders, crowns, heraldry, royalty, sculpture, statuary, art, greyscale

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Added: 2015-09-24

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Decorative clip-art Victorian border, antique greenThe Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

This is a version of the red border from Page 27 coloured green. There are also a brown and a black and white version. To make your own coloured version of this old page border, see the notes for the [...]

Keywords: colour, borders, decorative elements, frames, cartici, victorian borders, turquoise, teal

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Added: 2008-03-04

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Shabby-Chic Cartouche!Eccles. Liber, In Quo Omnia ... (1564)

This cartouche or frame is supported by two winged cherubs or putti, each holding rope with many tassels that connects to a broad-brimmed hat surmounting the frame. There is also a small cross. You ca [...]

Keywords: ornaments, frames, cartici, borders, cherubs, bare feet, nudity, wings, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

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Added: 2013-04-18

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Cartouche from Dedication PageEccles. Liber, In Quo Omnia ... (1564)

This woodcut features a scroll-work oval cartouche or frame, with a wide-brimmed hat on top of it. Two cherubs, or winged putti, one on either side, hold multi-tassled rope. I don’t know the significa [...]

Keywords: frames, cartici, borders, cherubs, ornaments, nudity, bare feet, wings, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

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Added: 2013-04-19

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Vintage gold circular leaf border or frameThe Circling Year (1870)

Today people looking at this circular wreath design stamped in gold would think first of Christmas: there’s holly and ivy and what could pass for ornaments. But if you look more closely it represents [...]

Keywords: borders, circular, gold, winter, seasons, christmas, xmas, frames, cartici, ornaments, frames, holly, ivy, mistletoe, leaves, foliate borders, colour

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Added: 2018-01-20

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Oval frame, scallopedEmblems Divine and Moral (1866)

A full-page oval border with a strong solid interior. You could easily use an image editor, such as the GNU Image Manipulation Program, use fuzzy select, or magic wand, or select by region, to select [...]

Keywords: oval, borders, frames, cartici, full-page borders, scallops, greyscale

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Added: 2025-05-17

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Irregular border of flowers, birds and natureBible Pictures and Stories (New Testament) (1892)

This border of wild berries, thorns, flowers, leaves, and even has a pair of nesting birds in it. It came from the title page of the second half of this book. There is also a version of the border col [...]

Keywords: borders, frames, cartici, floriated borders, floral, wild flowers, decoration, page elements, spring, greyscale

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Added: 2013-10-01

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Green floriated borderBible Pictures and Stories (New Testament) (1892)

This border of wild berries, thorns, flowers, leaves, and even has a pair of nesting birds in it. It came from the title page of the second half of this book. The original was a black and white floral [...]

Keywords: colour, borders, frames, cartici, floriated borders, floral, wild flowers, decoration, page elements

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Added: 2013-10-01

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Vintage shabby-chic ornate full-page borderOrnamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

A shabby-chic Victorian border taken from the book cover of this vintage book of alphabets and lettering. The 200 pixel thumbnail for this image has some text in it, but the others are plain. It’s a n [...]

Keywords: borders, colour, wallpaper, backgrounds, victoriana, decoration, frames, cartici

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Added: 2013-12-03

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Ornate baroque-stye border with herubs and gryphonsAllegorien und Embleme, Vol II (1882)

This border is from the 1612 sign for the Nurenberg Guild of Carriage-Makers made by Adolf Mießner. The border includes two scantily-clad women, six scantily-clad or naked small children, two gryphons [...]

Keywords: borders, full-page borders, cherubs, bare feet, women, people, nudity, scrollwork, cartici, frames, inhabited borders, greyscale

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Added: 2018-10-30

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Christofel Cololus [Christopher Columbus]The New World (1671)

Christopher Columbus, of Christofer, or Christofel Colonus as written here, was responsible for bringing many diseases to Turtle Island, including Catholicism and rampant individualism, corporate gree [...]

Keywords: people, portraits, beards, cartici, frames, greyscale

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Added: 2013-01-21

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116.—Roman Victory.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Succeeding emperors left the Britons in the quiet advancement of their civilization, until Claudius (Fig. 118) was stirred up to the hazard of an invasion. In the sonorous prose of Milton—“He, who wai [...]

Keywords: symbols, art, writing, statuary, roman remains, shields, cartici, borders, frames, greyscale

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Added: 2012-09-12

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Decorative initial letter “B” with boy and bookGoethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882)

This decorative initial letter B was used as a drop cap alongside a poem. It features an open book with a quill pen, old-fashioned spectacles scrollwork, roses, fruit, a styilized su with rays shoning [...]

Keywords: romance, cherubs, nudity, letterb, initials, books, pens, writing, sun, roses, flowers, cartici, frames, greyscale

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Added: 2012-10-14

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Banner, or BanderoleModerne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band IV (1898)

This banner, bubble, banderole, ribbon, cartouche, speech scroll, angel banner, phylactery, whatever, originally contained a page title.

Keywords: banners, banderoles, borders, frames, cartici, greyscale

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Added: 2023-12-10

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245 [detail].—Hand-drawn Victorian/rococo frameOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

This bizarre hand-drawn picture frame had three parts. It was part of a wood engraving that attempted (badly) to reproduce a mediaeval depiction of the month of May; see Fig. 245.

Keywords: borders, frames, cartici, rustic borders, sketches, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

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Added: 2014-12-20

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245 [detail].—Rectangular ornate sketched frame or borderOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

This frame, border, or cartouche, is take from the central part of Fig. 245 (Saxon Emblems of the Month of May); it is a sketchy rectangular outline with large leaves and some rococo swirls; I have co [...]

Keywords: borders, cartici, frames, sketches, colour

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Added: 2014-12-22

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