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

The letter B taken from Fig. 1.

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Added: 2006-02-22

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Initial letter B WoodcutA Compleat Collection of English Proverbs (1737)

A decorative initial letter “B” used as a drop cap (drop capital) at the start of a paragraph. The woodut (or wood engraving) shows a tree and a building in the background. I have included multiple [...]

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Added: 2007-08-09

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Decorative initial letter BGoethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882)

An almost-naked young mang sits on a rock and plays a recorder or pipe in a forest; his dog sits next to him, and in the background a young woman approaches. There is a large letter “B” in the German [...]

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Added: 2009-10-18

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

Initial letter “B” from a historiated alphabet by Valerio Spada. Seventeeth century Italian people: A couple sit together in the foreground, holding hands; in the backgrouns smoke rises from a buildi [...]

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Added: 2011-03-22

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

Letter “B” 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.

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Added: 2011-05-31

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Decorative initial letter “B” with boy and bookGoethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882)

This decorative initial letter B was used as a drop cap alongside a poem. It features an open book with a quill pen, old-fashioned spectacles scrollwork, roses, fruit, a styilized su with rays shoning [...]

Keywords: romance, cherubs, nudity, letterb, initials, books, pens, writing, sun, roses, flowers, cartici, frames, greyscale

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Added: 2012-10-14

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

Calligraphic letter B from XIV. Century No. 1.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y

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Added: 2003-05-26

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

This ornamental capital “b” 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. a b c d e [...]

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Added: 2021-09-24

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

This capital “B” 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 feature [...]

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Added: 2009-11-09

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

This decorative initial letter “B”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. It features two skeletons, or death-figures, a dog and a pope. Some commentators say [...]

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Added: 2009-03-07

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

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

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

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Added: 2021-08-05

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

Decorative initial letter B 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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Added: 2009-09-18

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Inhabited Initial letter B, Anglo-SaxonL’Ornament Polychrome (Ornament in Colour) (1869)

This capital letter B is from an Anglo-Saxon illuminated manuscript from about 1,000 years ago; the book does not identify the exact source but notes that although the decoration is in the Celtic styl [...]

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Added: 2014-03-08

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Anglo-Saxon decorative initial B in the Celtic knotwork styleL’Ornament Polychrome (Ornament in Colour) (1869)

An Anglo-Saxon capital B with the interior decoration removed, making it eaier to reuse.

The original initial

The Byzantine saint on his throne

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Added: 2014-03-08

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167.—German Gothic Initials [A – H].Letters & Lettering: A Treatise With 200 Examples (1921)

German Fraktur blackletter, with an insane amount of swirls! Letters “A” – “H” are in this figure. It was too large for a useful download here, although I have made the individual letters available, a [...]

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Added: 2011-01-14

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German Gothic Initials - Swirly Fraktur Blackletter Initial Letter BLetters & Lettering: A Treatise With 200 Examples (1921)

This initial letter “B” is suitable for use as a decorative initial or drop cap; it is an old German letter-form, and might not be easily recognised today, especally by people outside Germany! But th [...]

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Added: 2011-01-18

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A, B, C, D from English Gothic Letters 15th CenturyLetters & Lettering: A Treatise With 200 Examples (1921)

Letters “A” “B” “C” and “D” from English gothic Letters, 15th Century. The C is not very legible by modern standards.

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Added: 2007-08-28

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Calligraphic letter “B” in 15th century gothic styleLetters & Lettering: A Treatise With 200 Examples (1921)

Black-letter (Old English) letter B from English gothic Letters, 15th Century.

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Added: 2010-11-08

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Calligraphic letter “C” in 15th century gothic styleLetters & Lettering: A Treatise With 200 Examples (1921)

Black-letter (Old English) letter C from English gothic Letters, 15th Century. The counters have reversed oak leaves drawn inside them. Note, this letter probably looks more like a T or J to most mode [...]

Keywords: calligraphy, initials, letterj, lettert, letterb, greyscale

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Added: 2010-11-09

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