Items matching chapterheads (results page 1)

Gothic Chapter Head: Mediaeval BirdsArchitecture: Gothic and Renaissance (1896)

A decorative element (a typographic ornament, or part of a border) at the head of the first chapter (the glossary) features mediaeval (medieval) bird designs.

Keywords: chapterheads, ornaments, birds, greyscale

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Added: 2007-09-17

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Chapter Heading Woodcut featuring Neptune and MermaidsA Compleat Collection of English Proverbs (1737)

A decorative woodcut from above the Introduction; it is not related to the text. The engraving features Neptune, the God of the Ocean; he is naked, crowned, complete with trident, and rides a chariot [...]

Keywords: mythical creatures, mermaids, water, horses, transport, chapterheads, greyscale

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Added: 2007-10-10

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Rococo headpieceMy Boy Life (1882)

This chapterhead, or headpiece, is an ornament from the top of the first page of a chapter (in this case, the table of contents). It features curly vines with syilized leaves surrounding a central cir [...]

Keywords: chapterheads, ornaments, pouring water, aquarius, floriated borders, greyscale

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Added: 2015-09-01

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Ornate chapter headpiece with vignette of curled-up boyMy Boy Life (1882)

This chapterhead, or headpiece, is an ornament from the top of the first page of a section of the book. It features diamond knotwork branching into grape vines with rococo stylized leaves, but the pro [...]

Keywords: chapterheads, sadness, grief, boys, people, headpieces, ornaments, bare feet, greyscale

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Added: 2018-08-20

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Chapter head: cherubs playing gamesDie Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

Cherubs playing games with hoops and a spear or arrow, in a chain-link border. Used as a page decoration at the start of the foreword of the book.

Keywords: chapterheads, cherubs, borders, ornament, greyscale

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Added: 2011-03-02

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Foliated chapter-head with geometric borderDie Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

An Egyptian-inspired geometric border containing a fleur-de-lys in a circle between two vine branches. It was at the head of the first index page. The border style was popular in the nineteenth centur [...]

Keywords: chapterheads, borders, fleurs de lys, vines, geometric borders, greyscale

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Added: 2013-07-09

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Chapter Heading Woodcut featuring EagleA Compleat Collection of English Proverbs (1737)

This decorative woodcut was at the start of the preface; the woodcuts do not appear to bear any relation to the text, but are purely decorative. This one features an eagle, the symbol of the Roman Emp [...]

Keywords: decorations, eagles, chapterheads, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-07-31

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Heraldic chapter headThe New World (1671)

This woodcut was at the start of a chapter. It features two mermen, I think, holding a shield bearing an armorial crest.

Keywords: chapterheads, ornaments, heraldry, greyscale

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Added: 2008-04-16

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The ChimæraMyths Every Child Should Know (1914)

Chapter-head illustration for “The Chimæra” or, “The Chimera” as one might write today. Two children are shown in silhouette on a shore by the edge of a forest. The boy (seated) wears shorts and the [...]

Keywords: children, people, water, streams, bare feet, trees, chapterheads, illustrations for children, forests, trees, silhouettes, mountains, pointing, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-07-29

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Decorative chapter head with styilized birds and green menSouth by East: Notes of Travel in Southern Europe (1877)

A decorative woodcut used above a chapter title at the start of the book. The image is a “foliate border” because it contains vines and leaves, but there are also two bird heads and two heads (in prof [...]

Keywords: chapterheads, mythical creatures, borders, birds, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2013-10-20

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Chapter-head with cherubs, flowers, vines and birdsIm Wechsel Der Tage (1885)

This chapter-head was above the start of the first chapter in the book. There’s flowers (marigolds?) both open and closed, leaves, and two naked children (putti or cherubs) each holding a string of fl [...]

Keywords: chapterheads, borders, cherubs, putti, flowers, roses, marigolds, foliated borders, floriated borders, inhabited borders, vines, romance, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2019-01-21

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Decorative chapter head with winged creaturesSouth by East: Notes of Travel in Southern Europe (1877)

A decorative woodcut used at the start of the chapter on Milan; there are dragons, or possibly gryphons but with tails like serpents, and in the centre a face with hair done in pigtails; the whole is [...]

Keywords: chapterheads, mythical creatures, dragons, borders, greyscale

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Added: 2007-08-06

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Chapter Heading woodcut featuring a flaming heartA Compleat Collection of English Proverbs (1737)

This decorative woodcut was used at the top of the first page of a chapter or section, as a decorative element. It features a heart on a pillar; there are flames bursting out of the heart, and the fla [...]

Keywords: decorations, hearts, chapterheads, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-06-23

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Persian-influenced Chapter Head DecorationGoethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882)

This chapter-head contains items and design reminiscent of Persia; it was used over a poem about the lyre. The frame originally contained the name of the poem; its shape is very typical of Middle-East [...]

Keywords: chapterheads, bowls, persian art, frames, cartici, books, candlesticks, greyscale

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Added: 2015-08-28

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The Golden TouchMyths Every Child Should Know (1914)

Chapter-head illustration for “The Golden Touch,” the story of King Midas. A person with a helmet (or vigorously spiked hair) and seen as a silhouette stands knee-deep in a lake and pours water from a [...]

Keywords: water, people, mythology, chapterheads, illustrations for children, silhouetteswater, greyscale

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Added: 2006-08-04

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Chapter Heading Woodcut Featuring Soldiers on Horesback with SpearsA Compleat Collection of English Proverbs (1737)

A decorative woodcut from above the section entitled Proverbs and Proverbial Observsations cocerning Husbandry, Weather, and the Seasons of the Year. It is not related to the text. The engraving feat [...]

Keywords: decorations, battles, chapterheads, horses, weapons, people, greyscale

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Added: 2008-02-28

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The Gorgon’s HeadMyths Every Child Should Know (1914)

A silhouette of Perseus with shield and sword, and with winged sandals on his feet. This is a Chapter-head illustration for “The Gorgon’s Head.” There is also a detail of this picture, showing just P [...]

Keywords: people, mythology, weapons, chapterheads, wings, illustrations for children, silhouettes, mythological creatures, bare feet, swords, mountains, greyscale

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Added: 2006-08-19

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PerseusMyths Every Child Should Know (1914)

A detail from the chapter head illustration, showing Perseus, with shield uplifted to hide from the Gorgon’s eye, sword at the ready, and of course with wings on his feet (or ankles).

Keywords: people, mythology, weapons, chapterheads, wings, illustrations for children, silhouettes, greyscale

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Added: 2006-08-19

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OxfordOxford (1910)

Line illustration from first page of the book.

Keywords: towns, chapterheads, colour

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2003-02-22

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Chapterhead with urns and winged lionsSagen des Klassischen Altertums (1882)

This chapterhead piece features winged lions (griffins, or gryphons), leaves and vines, and a central device that might be suggestive of a Medusa figure. It was used at the top of the page to help mar [...]

Keywords: chapterheads, griffins, gryphons, lions, mythical creatures, vines, urns, greyscale

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Added: 2019-09-15

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