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Decorative initial letter T from fifteenth Century Nos. 4 and 5.The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

Decorative initial letter T from Fifteenth Century No. 4.

A B C C D E F G H I I L M M M N O P Q R S T V X

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Keywords: lettert, initials, calligraphy, red, blue, colour

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Added: 2009-09-18

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Decorative initial letter G from fifteenth Century Nos. 4 and 5.The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

Decorative initial letter G from Fifteenth Century No. 4.

A B C C D E F G H I I L M M M N O P Q R S T V X

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Keywords: letterg, initials, calligraphy, red, blue, colour

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Decorative initial letter B from fifteenth Century Nos. 4 and 5.The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

Decorative initial letter B from Fifteenth Century No. 4.

A B C C D E F G H I I L M M M N O P Q R S T V X

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Keywords: letterb, initials, calligraphy, red, blue, colour

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Decorative initial letter M from fifteenth Century Nos. 4 and 5.The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

Decorative initial letter M from Fifteenth Century No. 4.

A B C C D E F G H I I L M M M N O P Q R S T V X

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Keywords: letterm, initials, calligraphy, red, blue, colour

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Added: 2009-09-18

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Decorative initial letter M from fifteenth Century Nos. 4 and 5.The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

Decorative initial letter M from Fifteenth Century No. 4.

A B C C D E F G H I I L M M M N O P Q R S T V X

a e g h m n s th

Keywords: letterm, initials, calligraphy, red, blue, colour

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Added: 2009-09-18

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74.—The Siege of a CastleLife and Work of the People of England: The Fourteenth Century (1929)

“A hand-to-hand fight on a scaling ladder thrown against the battlements; the garrison hurl stones from a catapult. Note primitive cannon. Reconstructional drawing from various sources by George Krug [...]

Keywords: battles, castles, siege engines, weapons, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-06-25

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The Maid of the MillWorld’s Best Music (1900)

An idyllic village scene with a church tower (complete with church clock) in the background and a water-mill with its water-wheel in the foregroud. In the centre is what looks like a canal lock, but [...]

Keywords: villages, water, mills, churches, towers, creeper, christmas, colour

Places shown: unspecified

Added: 2004-03-04

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Plate 74.—Fifteenth Century No. 4 (one of 2)The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

“[...] a series of bold initials from detached fragments in the South Kensington Museum.” (p. 103) I split this plate into two so as to be able to show a higher-resolution version of the image. I hav [...]

Keywords: initials, colour, lettering, alphabets

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-02-18

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Letter A from Fifteenth Century No. 4The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

Decorative initial letter A from Fifteenth Century No. 4, blue with a red background. In use I would expect the letter to be set into the text, with the flourishes sticking out into the margin.

Keywords: lettera, initials, calligraphy, red, blue, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-02-18

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Letter A from Fifteenth Century No. 4The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

Decorative initial letter A from Fifteenth Century No. 4, red with a blue background. In use I would expect the letter to be set into the text, with the flourishes sticking out into the margin.

Keywords: lettera, initials, calligraphy, red, blue, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-02-18

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Plate 74.—Fifteenth Century No. 4 (two of 2)The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

“[...] a series of bold initials from detached fragments in the South Kensington Museum.” (p. 103) I split this plate into two so as to be able to show a higher-resolution version of the image. I hav [...]

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

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-05-08

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Blue FloretThe Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

A sample ornament made by taking a swirl from the Letter R on plate 74, and then rotating it. There is another example here.

Keywords: ornaments, red, blue, colour, calligraphy

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Added: 2010-05-27

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Blue FLoret, larger, ExampleThe Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

You could use this decoration as a border or as a tailpiece, perhaps. See the floret itself.

Keywords: ornaments, examples, red, blue, colour, calligraphy, decoration

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Added: 2010-05-27

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King Arthur’s Castle, Off Tintagel Head, CornwallIn Unfamiliar England (1910)

“After we reached the hotel, the long twilight still gave time to contemplate the weird beauty of the surroundings and to explore the ruins of the castle so famed in song and story. We scrambled down [...]

Keywords: castles, ruins, hills, water, colour

Places shown: Tintagel; Cornwall; England

Added: 2006-06-12

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The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac (second version).Astrology (1806)

Pictures representing The twelve houses of the zodiac. These vintage images are made by scanning impressions of metal type made on paper in 1806; they are slightly different from the first version, b [...]

Keywords: zodiac, astrology, colour, symbols, occult, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: none

Added: 2013-06-06

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To Make a White cakeThe Real Mother Goose (1919)

OVER THE WATER Over the water, and over the sea, And over the water to Charley, I’ll have none of your nasty beef, Nor I’ll have none of your barley; But I’ll have some of your very best flour To ma [...]

Keywords: illustrations for children, people, drawings, colour, kitchens, cooking, baking

Places shown: none

Added: 2018-03-02

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Border with troubadors and drolleriesLa Vita Nuova (The New Life) (1910)

Three-quarter page foliated border, printed in gold-coloured ink, featuring three anthopomorphic dog-men (increasingly dog-like from left to right), a demon or satyr, a two-headed drollery or Janus, a [...]

Keywords: borders, drolleries, people, mythical creatures, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-04-02

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Border detail: two-faced drolleryLa Vita Nuova (The New Life) (1910)

A drollery; these were strange and grotesque creatures placed in the margins of manuscripts by mediaeval scribes. This one is from 1910, in imitation of mediaeval drolleries. It is a creature with a f [...]

Keywords: drolleries, mythical creatures, colour

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Added: 2011-04-02

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Border detail: Satyr or horned devilLa Vita Nuova (The New Life) (1910)

A drollery; these were strange and grotesque creatures placed in the margins of manuscripts by mediaeval scribes. This one is from 1910, in imitation of mediaeval drolleries. It is a devil, or satyr, [...]

Keywords: drolleries, mythical creatures, colour, devils, occult

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-04-02

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Christmas Still LifeModerne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band XV (1901)

A man wearing a brown suit jacket, red waistcoat, white cravat and top hat has a smile has a carried a platter of Christmas food over one shoulder and a wicker basked containing four bottles of wine. [...]

Keywords: christmas, xmas, colour, feasts, people, waiters, men, top hats, poems, poetry, thanksgiving

Places shown: none

Added: 2024-10-31

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