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1226x1254, 196x200, 750x767 | Decorative initial letter T with cherubs hanging a wolfFabrica... (1543) A decorative initial letter “T” used as a drop cap on the introduction to the “Epitome;” this version is coloured in red and blue and yellow (or gold) and comes from a copy at the University of Cambri [...] Keywords: lettert, initials, cherubs, children, nudity, historiated initials, inhabited initials, bare feet, animals, wolves, punishments, colour Places shown: none Added: 2014-11-24 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 111x200, 1835x3295, 209x375, 413x741, 72x130, 918x1647 | Ornate rococo baroque capital letter MMusée Artistique et Littéraire, Le (1880) A rococo decorative initial letter “M” taken from the title page. It is repeated on page 66 as a drop cap (drop capital), where it is given this caption: Lettre tirée d’un livre italien du commenceme [...] Keywords: letterm, initials, floriated initials, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2007-05-06 + S K L |
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115x118, 1275x1303, 155x158, 1700x1737, 196x200, 206x210, 275x281, 367x375, 65x66, 717x733, 86x88, 956x977 | Initial Letter T WoodcutA Compleat Collection of English Proverbs (1737) A decorative initial letter “T” used as a drop cap (drop capital). It features palm trees and buildings in the background, perhaps intended to be evocative of the Holy Land. Keywords: initials, lettert, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2007-07-31 + S K L |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1700x1737, 196x200, 850x869 | Decorative initial letter O, FloriatedArt-Journal (1850) A foliated (floriated) initial letter “O” as follows: A strong solid ltter O with a nub on the inside and ouside on each side and with an outline, and with stylized acanthus or vine leaves and round f [...] Keywords: lettero, initials, floriated initials, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2016-02-10 + S K L |
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174x200, 557x640, 743x853 | Decorative initial letter O with cherubsGoethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882) Two naked children—cherubs, or putti—are playing inside an initial letter “O” in the German Fraktur style. One boy uses a rope to pull on a decorative vertical part of the letter while the other boy [...] Keywords: initials, lettero, cherubs, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2009-10-18 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1000x1000, 200x200, 2000x2000, 750x750 | Initial letter I with Transitional CapitalEnglish Cathedrals (1910) This letter “I” is set about a sketch of an English “transitional” capital from the Galilee Chapel of Durham cathedral. The decorated top-part of a pillar is called a capital, and transitional architc [...] Keywords: capitals, sketches, architecture, historiated initials, letteri, initials, pillars, architecture, transitional architecture, cathedrals, greyscale Places shown: Durham; County Durham; England Added: 2025-03-31 + S K L R N |
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