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Items matching initials taken from The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860) (results page 3)

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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Fourteenth Century Initial Letter D from Plate 65
Fourteenth Century Initial Letter U or V from Plate 65
Fourteenth Century Initial Letter I or J from Plate 65
Clip-art: calligraphic decorative initial capital letter L from Plate 65
Fourteenth-Century illuminated D with saint
Medieval Decorative Initial Capital “D”
Decorative initial letter H from fifteenth Century Nos. 4 and 5.
Decorative initial letter X from fifteenth Century Nos. 4 and 5.
Decorative initial letter I from fifteenth Century Nos. 4 and 5.
Decorative initial letter A from fifteenth Century Nos. 4 and 5.
Decorative initial letter D from fifteenth Century Nos. 4 and 5.
Decorative initial letter C from fifteenth Century Nos. 4 and 5.
Decorative initial letter V from fifteenth Century Nos. 4 and 5.
Decorative uncial initial letter G from fifteenth Century Nos. 4 and 5.
Decorative initial letter C from fifteenth Century Nos. 4 and 5.
Decorative initial letter N from fifteenth Century Nos. 4 and 5.
Decorative initial letter M from fifteenth Century Nos. 4 and 5.
Decorative uncial initial letter M from fifteenth Century Nos. 4 and 5.
Decorative initial letter T from fifteenth Century Nos. 4 and 5.
Decorative initial letter S from fifteenth Century Nos. 4 and 5.
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