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Letter A from “Alphabet after Serlio”Letters & Lettering: A Treatise With 200 Examples (1921)

The letter A taken from Fig. 1.

Keywords: lettera, initials, lettering, constructed initials, greyscale

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Added: 2006-02-22

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calligraphy: mediaeval decorative letter “A”Works, BL Harley MS 4431 (1414)

A richly decorated capital letter “A” from an illuminated manuscript made in 1414. It is coloured in red and blue, with black outlines and gold leaf. It is from the recto (front) of folio 4 of the bo [...]

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Added: 2010-08-05

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Decorative initial “A” with girl and rosesGoethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882)

A beautiful girl stands on, and holds, a ros biar. She has flowers in her hair and carries a flower-basket. A fancy capital letter ‘A’ is in the top right. This is a vignetted decorative initial, used [...]

Keywords: lettera, vignetted initials, initials, girls, people, roses, flowers, historiated initials, romance, greyscale

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Added: 2014-11-03

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Initial Capital Letter “A” With ScholarsArt in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods (1908)

This historiated decorative initial “A” was used as a drop cap, or dropped capital, at the start of a chapter. It shows two people wearing hats and robes and I think soft turned-down boots, reading bo [...]

Keywords: lettera, initials, scholars, books, hats, people, costumes, greyscale

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Added: 2012-06-26

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Decorated (Historiated) initial letter A by Valerio SpadaItalian Etchers of the Renaissance & Baroque (1989)

Initial letter “A” from a historiated alphabet by Valerio Spada. Seventeeth century Italian people: a person with a walking-stick or cane, and wearing hat and coat, sits under a tree; another person [...]

Keywords: lettera, initials, historiated initials, people, bucolic scenes, frames, colour

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Added: 2011-03-22

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Historiated decorative initial capital letter A in BlueItalian Etchers of the Renaissance & Baroque (1989)

Letter “A” from Valerio Spada’s historiated alphabet print from 1659. I have coloured the letter itself in blue; you could easily change the blue to something else of course.

Keywords: initials, lettera, historiated initials, blue, colour

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Added: 2011-05-31

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

This decorative capital letter A features Celtic knotwork, red, green and blue, with a peach fill.

See the letter X for more information.

Keywords: lettera, initials, calligraphy, blue, yellow, green, red, colour

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Added: 2013-02-07

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Clip-art: calligraphic decorative initial capital letter A from XIV. Century No. 1The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

Calligraphic letter A from XIV. Century No. 1.

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Added: 2003-05-26

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

This floriated ornamental capital “a” in white on black is suitable for use as a drop cap (dropped capital) or a decorative initial. It is taken from a sixteenth-century alphabet in white on black. [...]

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Added: 2021-09-24

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

This capital “A” 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 shows a [...]

Keywords: lettera, initials, birds, insects, greyscale

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Added: 2009-11-09

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Initial letter A with irisFamiliar Wild Flowers (1906)

Ths vignetted initial letter “A” was used as a drop cap, or decorative initial at the start of the section on the Iris. It seems to be signed at lower left but I am not sure that I can read the initi [...]

Keywords: lettera, initials, flowers, iris, greyscale

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Added: 2017-01-27

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62a.—Initial capital letter “A” from Dance of Death AlphabetDie Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This decorative initial letter “A”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein the Younger and dating from 1523. It features a skeleton banging a drum (or tabor) with a bone, and also p [...]

Keywords: lettera, initials, death, skeletons, music, musical instruments, spirit, greyscale

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Added: 2009-03-07

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clipart: initial letter A from late 15th century printed bookAlphabets & Numbers of the Middle Ages (1845)

A decorative initial “A” taken from a late 15th century alphabet. You could use it as a drop capital, an avatar, or something to colour in. If you use it, let me know what you did! A B C D E F G G ( [...]

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Added: 2008-08-13

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Fourteenth Century Initial Letter A from Plate 65The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

A red and blue calligraphic decorative letter “A” from a 14th century manuscript, reproduced in this 1860 book. The squiggles would have gone into the left margin. I’ve made lots of sizes to make it [...]

Keywords: initials, lettera, lettering, calligraphy, red, blue, colour

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Added: 2007-06-11

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clipart: initial letter A from beginning of the 16th CenturyAlphabets & Numbers of the Middle Ages (1845)

Wood cut of a decorated initial letter “A” (e.g. for a drop cap or ornamental capital letter), from the beginning of the 16th Century. There is a calligraphic capital A with interwoven vines and flowe [...]

Keywords: lettera, initials, calligraphy, floriated initials, criblé, greyscale

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Added: 2011-06-15

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Decorative uncial initial letter A from fifteenth Century Nos. 4 and 5.The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

Decorative initial letter A from Fifteenth Century No. 4.

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Added: 2009-09-18

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Decorative initial letter A from fifteenth Century Nos. 4 and 5.The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

Decorative initial letter A from Fifteenth Century No. 4.

A B C C D E F G H I I L M M M N O P Q R S T V X

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Keywords: lettera, initials, calligraphy, red, blue, colour

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Added: 2009-09-18

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Letter A from Fifteenth Century No. 4The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

Decorative initial letter A from Fifteenth Century No. 4, blue with a red background. In use I would expect the letter to be set into the text, with the flourishes sticking out into the margin.

Keywords: lettera, initials, calligraphy, red, blue, colour

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Added: 2007-02-18

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Letter A from Fifteenth Century No. 4The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

Decorative initial letter A from Fifteenth Century No. 4, red with a blue background. In use I would expect the letter to be set into the text, with the flourishes sticking out into the margin.

Keywords: lettera, initials, calligraphy, red, blue, colour

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Added: 2007-02-18

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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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