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Red Dragon!Geneva Bible Scans (1581)

An heraldic dragon from the Geneva Bible New Testament Title Page. I coloured this one a nice bright red. You could also start with the black-and-white dragon picture and use the Colour tab to get a r [...]

Keywords: dragons, heraldry, mythical creatures, wings, colour

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Added: 2012-06-19

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Dragon!Geneva Bible Scans (1581)

An heraldic dragon from the Geneva Bible New Testament Title Page.

Keywords: dragons, heraldry, mythical creatures, greyscale

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Added: 2012-06-17

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Title Page Image (detail)Architecture: Gothic and Renaissance (1896)

A knight in armour [US: armor] rides a horse. He carries a lance, wears a sword, and fights a dragon; presumably this is St. George, patron saint of England. In the background is a castle or tower on [...]

Keywords: knights, horses, animals, people, dragons, battles, mythical creatures, armour, greyscale

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Added: 2006-08-08

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Bookplate detail: family crestThe Holy Court (1663)

The coat of arms from the bookplate. it is surmounted by a dragon’s head, and there is a bird, perhaps a falcon, in the coat of arms itself. This is a detail from the Bookplate image.

Keywords: bookplates, heraldry, dragons, greyscale

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Added: 2007-06-21

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Perseus und Andromeda.Sagen des Klassischen Altertums (1882)

A damsel in distress if ever the was one! The woman (Andromeda) is chained at wrist and ankle to a rock in the sea, and a viscious sea-monster is about to swaller her up. But look! The helmeted and sa [...]

Keywords: dragons, monsters, chains, bare feet, gods, heroes, swords, water, waves, mythology, illustrations for children, greyscale

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Added: 2005-06-14

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Decorative initial letter O with cherubs cooking soupFabrica... (1543)

A Decorative initial letter “O” used as a drop cap on the first page of this famous book. The outer border around the outside of the letter “O” has oak leaves and dragons; inside the “O” we see naked [...]

Keywords: lettero, initials, cherubs, children, nudity, bare feet, dragons, historiated initials, inhabited initials, borders, mythical creatures, cooking, food, greyscale

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Added: 2010-01-19

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Decorative initial letter O with cherubs cooking soup (coloured version)Fabrica... (1543)

This decorative initial letter “O” was used as a drop cap on the first page of the main text of the book; in this copy at Cambridge University Library, the initial has been painted in colour over the [...]

Keywords: lettero, initials, cherubs, children, historiated initials, inhabited initials, nudity, colour, dragons, mythical creatures, borders

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Added: 2014-11-28

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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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Decorative initial letter “J” from 11th century.The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

A deep blue with a red and green background and heavy patterning around this Uncial letter J, whose tail is made of a dragon biting the lower corner of the vertical stem of the letter. Note that it wo [...]

Keywords: letterj, initials, calligraphyletterj, blue, red, yellow, green, dragons, mythical creatures, historiated initials, colour

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Added: 2014-08-05

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Decorative initial letter “E” from 16th CenturyOrnamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

This capital “E” is suitable for use as a drop cap (dropped capital) or a decorative initial; there’s also a small version for an avatar or icon. It is taken from a 16th century alphabet, and depicts [...]

Keywords: lettere, initials, dragons, mythical creatures, fleurs de lys, greyscale

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Added: 2009-11-12

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Decorative initial letter “Q” from 16th CenturyOrnamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

This capital “Q” is suitable for use as a drop cap (dropped capital) or a decorative initial; there’s also a small version for an avatar or icon. It shows a peacock or a dragon. A B C D E F G H I J K [...]

Keywords: letterq, initials, dragons, mythical creatures, greyscale

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Added: 2009-11-20

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Stylized Black DragonThe Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

This dragon, white on a black background, was taken from a fourteenth century decorative initial; it is also in the style of a drollery, the strange creatures used to illustrate mediæval manuscripts. [...]

Keywords: dragons, drolleries, mythical creatures, greyscale

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Added: 2014-02-22

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Red Dragon on Blue BackgroundThe Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

This dragon, coloured red on a blue background, was taken from a fourteenth century decorative initial; it was drawn rather in the style of a drollery, the strange creatures used to illustrate mediæva [...]

Keywords: dragons, mythical creatures, colour, drolleries

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Added: 2014-02-22

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Idler No. 8: George and the Dragon.The Idler (1797)

Saint George, patron saint of England, is seen here wearing full plate mail wielding a mace and about to slay the dragon, together with his two dogs. The image is in an oval cartouche or frame, surmou [...]

Keywords: dragons, knights, weapons, battles, dogs, animals, mythical creatures, wings, armour, greyscale

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Added: 2012-07-13

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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

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Added: 2008-09-13

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Book of Spirits: detail: the Open BookThe Magus, or Celestial Intelligencer (Book II) (1801)

The open Book of Spirits without the caption. I also made an image with just the dragon rider.

Keywords: occult, books, symbols, pictures of books, dragons, demons, colour, spooky

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Added: 2008-10-30

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Dragon RiderThe Magus, or Celestial Intelligencer (Book II) (1801)

A demon rides a dragon, spearing it with an arrow. This is a detail from the Book of Spirits.

Keywords: dragons, demons, occult, colour, spooky

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Added: 2008-10-30

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Book of Spirits.The Magus, or Celestial Intelligencer (Book II) (1801)

An engraving showing an occult Book of Spirits: A specimen of the book of Spirits to be made of virgin Vellum. P. Barrett Del. Pub. by Lackington & Allen I also made an image with just the Book of Spi [...]

Keywords: occult, books, pictures of books, dragons, demons, colour, spooky

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Added: 2008-10-30

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Foliated chapterhead with dragonsParis Avant l’Histoire (1885)

This fleuron or chapterhead is at the start of part III of the novel. It has four dragon’s heads with barbed tongues in a symmetrical pattern, surrounded by leaves perhaps like clover.

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

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Added: 2014-01-21

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Various Chapterheads or Heraldic Supprting DevicesTypo Ornamenty (1990)

A dragon, a wyvern, a swan, a stag turning into vines and foliage what more could you want? These designes generally go on either side of a crest, as shown in the third row, and here flank various dif [...]

Keywords: chapterheads, heraldry, mythical creatures, mythological creatures, dragons, wyverns, deer, fantasy, crosses, symbols, ornaments, greyscale

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Added: 2021-02-16

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