Items matching greyscale, ornaments (results page 9)

Victorian vine-leaf page borderRecord of Fifty Years’ Work, A (1901)

A border for a title-page, made from vine leaves with fruits. The engraving has a lot of small dots that might be ink spots from overly fast or careless printing, or might be part of the design.

Keywords: borders, floriated borders, leaves, vines, grapes, fruit, twigs, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-07-28

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Title PageWreck and Sinking of the Titanic (1912)

Wreck and Sinking of the TITANIC The Ocean’s Greatest Disaster A Graphic and Thrilling Account of the Sinking of the greatest Floating Palace ever built, carrying down to watery graves more than 1,50 [...]

Keywords: title pages, page images, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-09-24

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Title Page, Pentateuch of PrintingPentateuch of Printing with a Chapter on Judges (1891)

Two stern figures hold up an ornate title page. The Pentateuch of Printing with a Chapter on Judges. Biblia Sacra Psalterium Moguntianum by William Blades, Typographer Gutenberg Zell Aldus Verard Cost [...]

Keywords: page images, title pages, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-07-01

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Bishopric of St. AsaphThe Grammar of Heraldry (1718)

A woodcut of two vintage keys (skeleton keys), crossed one over the other, their handles towards the bottom, taken from an heraldic shield. St. Asaph is a city in Denbigh in Wales, and is one of the s [...]

Keywords: heraldry, keys, symbols, bishops, greyscale

Places shown: St. Asaph; Flint; Wales

Added: 2019-01-19

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FrontispieceCuriosities of the Church: Studies of Curious Customs, Services and Records (1891)

Chained Bible in Cumnor Church

Keywords: books, old books, pictures of books, greyscale

Places shown: Cumnor; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2005-01-17

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FrontispieceLaws and History of the New Forest (1811)

At the edge of a clearing in the forest stands a tall tree; a knight’s sword, shield and stirrup hang from the tree, and two hunting dogs are tied to it. A richly dressed man stands talking to a wood- [...]

Keywords: forests, trees, people, weapons, water, animals, christmas, greyscale

Places shown: New Forest; Hampshire; England

Added: 2005-07-13

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Title PageChild Classics of Prose (1893)

Unusually, this title page has an even number of text blocks; the wide spacing of the two lines of the main title might have been thought enough to split the title into two and create a fifth block or [...]

Keywords: title pages, page images, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2018-07-14

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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

Places shown: none

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

Places shown: none

Added: 2013-07-09

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Decorative initial letter IDie Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

A decorative initial capital letter “I” used as a drop cap at the start of a chapter. This was probably cut into the side of a block of wood, which might explain why the letter is not quite vertical; [...]

Keywords: initials, letteri, floriated initials, criblé, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2013-07-11

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The title pageSagen des Klassischen Altertums (1882)

The text (in German) reads as follows, as best as I can make it out; corrections and an English translation would be very welcome: Die schönsten Sagen des Klassischen Altertums. Nach seinen Dichtern u [...]

Keywords: title pages, page images, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-06-14

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Title Page, A Short History of the English PeopleA Short History of the English People (1902)

A Short History of the English People By J. R. Green M.A. Illustrated Edition Edited by Mrs. J. R. Green and Miss Kate Norgate Volume I London Macmillan and Co., Limited New York: The Macmillan Compan [...]

Keywords: title pages, page images, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-08-26

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Title Page, Sibly Astrology BookAstrology (1806)

Maybe someone can transcribe it and mail the text to liam at holoweb dot net?

Keywords: title pages, page images, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-07-11

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Bona Dea - The EarthHone’s Everyday Book (1826)

(Frontispiece) Earth is represented as a woman with twelve stars forming a halo around the crown on her head, and a lion beside her. She is crowned with the stars! She is depicted inside a picture fra [...]

Keywords: people, animals, lions, zodiac, symbols, aries, taurus, gemini, cancer, leo, virgo, libra, scorpio, sagittarius, aquarius, pisces, crowns, stars, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2003-03-18

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The signs of the Zodiac, from an 1826 woodcutHone’s Everyday Book (1826)

These circular zodiac symbols were in the border of the frontispiece of Hone’s Every Day Book. I also have an SVG version, and can supply transparent PNG files.

Keywords: zodiac, symbols, aries, taurus, gemini, cancer, leo, virgo, libra, scorpio, sagittarius, aquarius, pisces, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2019-04-16

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Floriated initial capital letter “S”Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

This decorated drop cap “S” has vine leaves intertwined with the letter.

There is also a colour version in red and green, which I made.

Keywords: letters, initials, floriated initials, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-04-17

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1.—Ground Plan of Stonehenge in its present state.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

This plan of Stonehenge is, of course, from 1845 or earlier. “Keeping in view the ground plan of Stonehenge in its present state (Fig. 1), we will ask the reader to follow us while we describe the app [...]

Keywords: plans, ruins, temples, megaliths, druids, stone circles, greyscale

Places shown: Salisbury Plain; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2005-02-01

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2.—Stonehenge. – Restored Plan.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Dr. Stukely’s drawing; the shaded stones were the ones remaining in the early 1840s when this plan was prepared. “The centre of the enclosed space is usually denominated the temple. It consists of an [...]

Keywords: plans, ruins, temples, megaliths, druids, stone circles, greyscale

Places shown: Stonehenge; Salisbury Plain; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2005-02-01

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3.—Stonehenge. – Perspective Elevation, restored.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“The external appearance which the whole work would have if restored, is shown in the perspective elevation. (Fig. 3.)” (p. 3)

Keywords: ruins, megaliths, temples, druids, stone circles, greyscale

Places shown: Stonehenge; Salisbury Plain; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2005-02-01

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4.—Stonehenge: section 1 to 2 (Restored Plan, Fig. 2), 105 feet.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“The internal arrangment is exhibited in the section.” (p. 3)

Keywords: plans, ruins, megaliths, temples, druids, stone circles, greyscale

Places shown: Stonehenge; Salisbury Plain; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2005-02-02

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