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Photograph of Sir Wilfred LaurierGreat Men of Canada, Vol II (1929)

The picture shows Sir Wilfred Laurier (1841 – 1919), a photograph in an orange oval frame surmounted with ivy leaves.  “We have learned to love British Institutions, because in British Institutions we [...]

Keywords: portraits, people, canadians, men, bald, victorian gentlemen, politicians, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2014-05-02

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Oval orange border with ivy leavesGreat Men of Canada, Vol II (1929)

This oval/elliptical border or cartouche surrounded a vignette portrait in the book. The same frams is used for all the pictures.

You can use the Colour tab to change the colour of the border.

Keywords: borders, orange, leaves, ovsal, cartici, wreaths, xmas, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2014-05-02

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Border with initial letter ALa Vita Nuova (The New Life) (1910)

A decorative border in a mediaeval vine-leaves style, with an initial capital lettter A with a small dragon on one side. You could use the A as a drop cap by itself if you wanted, or you could edit it [...]

Keywords: borders, lettera, initials, dragons, gold, yellow, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-09-13

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Angel playing the harp, attended by deerLa Vita Nuova (The New Life) (1910)

A hind, a stag, a pair of rabbits and two birds are listening to this winged angel playing the harp, in a decorative pice full of vine-leaves. The angel is naked except for a loin-cloth and is barefo [...]

Keywords: angels, animals, ornaments, decorations, bare feet, wallpaper, backgrounds, christmas, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-09-14

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98.—Hurstmonceaux CastleSussex Painted (1906)

The modern spelling is Herstmonceux. It’s hard to relate this painting to the picture on the official Herstmonceux Web site, but it’s also clear they are of the same place.

Keywords: castles, trees, colour, towers

Places shown: Herstmonceaux; East Sussex; England

Added: 2005-10-18

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Inhabited Initial letter B, Anglo-SaxonL’Ornament Polychrome (Ornament in Colour) (1869)

This capital letter B is from an Anglo-Saxon illuminated manuscript from about 1,000 years ago; the book does not identify the exact source but notes that although the decoration is in the Celtic styl [...]

Keywords: letterb, initials, calligraphy, inhabited initials, historiated initials, celtic knotwork, calligraphy, gold, yellow, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2014-03-08

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Anglo-Saxon decorative initial B in the Celtic knotwork styleL’Ornament Polychrome (Ornament in Colour) (1869)

An Anglo-Saxon capital B with the interior decoration removed, making it eaier to reuse.

The original initial

The Byzantine saint on his throne

Keywords: letterb, initials, calligraphy, celtic knotwork, gold, yellow, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2014-03-08

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Byzantine Saint seated, with bookL’Ornament Polychrome (Ornament in Colour) (1869)

A saint, by the hair probably female, sits on a chair and points to a book held in one hand in this detail from an illuminated letter B from an Anglo-Saxon manuscript. She (or he) has a halo, bare fee [...]

Keywords: people, saints, religion, halos, bare feet, chairs, women, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2014-03-08

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Celtic knotwork dragon ornament/initialL’Ornament Polychrome (Ornament in Colour) (1869)

This decorative initial was taken from a ninth century psalter [unidentified in the book] and is said to be derived from “drakslingor” style runic carvings—that is, a Viking-age style using animal-ins [...]

Keywords: initials, celtic knotwork, drakslingor, lettero, red, gold, yellow, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2014-03-08

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Fig. 99 No. 7.—Ornate border, 9th century, Gallo-Frankish School.L’Ornament Polychrome (Ornament in Colour) (1869)

This gold full-page border from the ninth century features knotwork at the upper corners and two lions on the top. I also made a simplified version of this border.

Keywords: borders, celtic knotwork, colour, animals, lions, yellow, gold

Places shown: none

Added: 2014-06-08

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Border, 9th century, Gallo-Frankish SchoolL’Ornament Polychrome (Ornament in Colour) (1869)

This gold full-page border features knotwork at the upper corners and two lions on the top. It is a detail from Fig. 99-7, which shows a much more ornate border dating from the 9th century.

Keywords: borders, celtic knotwork, colour, animals, lions, yellow

Places shown: none

Added: 2014-06-07

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Fig. 99 No. 8.—Anglo-Saxon Initial letter NL’Ornament Polychrome (Ornament in Colour) (1869)

This initial letter N in the Carolingian style was used as a decorative initial for the start of a copy of John’s Gospel (beginning In Principio, or In the beginning; this is the N from “In”). The Gos [...]

Keywords: calligraphy, lettern, initials, colour, celtic knotwork

Places shown: none

Added: 2015-09-08

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Inside back coverConjuring Tricks (1890)

Blank Victorian paper.

Keywords: page images, paper, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-06-03

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Back cover.Conjuring Tricks (1890)

Grey-green paper, slightly sturdier than the pages.

Keywords: page images, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-06-03

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04: index 2/2Oratio Dominica: The Lord’s Prayer in above 100 Languages, Versions and Characters (1713)

Keywords: page images, alphabets, typography, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2000-05-16

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The Sabôt Maker’s FamilyThe Forest of Arden With Some of its Legends (1914)

A sabôt is a sort of wooden shoe or clog. One may hear [the wooden-shoe maker’s] noisy laughter and loud song ringing out to the accompaniment of the strokes of his short hatchet with which he shapes [...]

Keywords: people, interiors, colour, work, windows, children, mothers, chairs, tables, carpentry, motherhood

Places shown: none

Added: 2013-11-03

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Drawing: book on elegant table near CurtansGreat Men of Canada, Vol II (1929)

An orange-ink line drawing showing two books on an elegant carved table with a polished top, near drapes or curtains tied back perhaps at a window, and with some cloth items layingon the table.

Keywords: drawings, pictures of books, tables, elegance, sketches, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2014-06-02

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Ten examples: Abrahall of Herefordshire – Amades of PlymouthThe Grammar of Heraldry (1718)

Coats of arms for the following: Abrahall of Herefordshire; Addison (now a Member of Parliament of Malmsbury); Ainge of London; Akelont of Gloucestershire; Aldam; Aldridge; Allen of Essex; Allen of Lo [...]

Keywords: page images, colour, heraldry

Places shown: unspecified

Added: 2003-02-26

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Pease Porridge HotThe Real Mother Goose (1919)

a woman wearing a white apron is carrying a steaming hot pot of porridge; two children each have an empty bowl and a spoon. PEAS PORRIDGE Pease Porridge Hot,     Pease Porridge cold, Pease Porridge in [...]

Keywords: illustrations for children, people, food, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-11-01

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Ambesace – Arnold of GloucestershireThe Grammar of Heraldry (1718)

Coats of arms (family crests) for the following: Ambesace; Anderson of Scotland; Andrews of Buckinghamshire; Andrews of Harsfield in Gloucestershire; The Rt. Hon. Arthur Annestey, E. of Anglesea; Ante [...]

Keywords: colour, page images, heraldry

Places shown: unspecified

Added: 2006-02-04

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