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Items matching initials taken from Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879) (results page 1)

initials: ornamental letters, usually capital, used for the first letter of a chapter or section or to draw the reader's attention, also called decorative initials or drop caps (dropped capitals).
In hand-written manuscripts a decorated initial is often a littera notabilior, a Latin phrase meaning a more noticeable letter.
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01. 8th Century.  Vatican.
2.  8th Century.
3.  8th and 9th Centuries.  Anglo-Saxon.
4.—9th Century. From an Anglo-Saxon MS.  Battel Abbey.
07. 7.—11th Century and Numerals
17.—14th Century Illuminated MS.
34.  34.—16th Century.  Vatican.
50.—16th Century
Decorative initial letter “A” from 16th Century
Decorative initial letter “B” from 16th Century
Decorative initial letter “C” from 16th Century
Decorative initial letter “D” from 16th Century
Decorative initial letter “E” from 16th Century
Decorative initial letter “F” from 16th Century
Decorative initial letter “F” from 16th Century
Decorative initial letter “G” from 16th Century
Decorative initial letter “H” from 16th Century
Decorative initial letter “I” from 16th Century
Decorative initial letter “J” from 16th Century
Decorative initial letter “K” from 16th Century
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