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

The letter L taken from Fig. 2.

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Added: 2006-03-16

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

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

Calligraphic letter L from XIV. Century No. 1.

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Added: 2003-05-26

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

This ornamental capital “l” 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 “L” from 16th CenturyOrnamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

This capital “L” 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 [...]

Keywords: letterl, initials, mythical creatures, greyscale

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Added: 2009-11-15

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62l.—Initial capital letter “L” from Dance of Death Alphabet.Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This decorative initial letter “L”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. It features a skeleton, representing Death, standing on the left, carrying holy wate [...]

Keywords: letterl, initials, death, skeletons, religion, people, greyscale

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Added: 2009-09-03

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

A decorative initial “L” 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: 2015-05-30

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Clip-art: calligraphic decorative initial capital letter L from Plate 65The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

A detail from Plate 65 with just the decorative initial letter L. I also made a sample Web page using the decorative initial so you can get an idea of how to use it with HTML and CSS. O, M, A, D, U or [...]

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

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Added: 2008-02-24

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

Decorative initial letter L from Fifteenth Century No. 4.

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Added: 2009-09-18

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Initil Letter L With CowslipsFamiliar Wild Flowers (1906)

Ths vignetted initial letter “L” was used as a drop cap, or decorative initial at the start of the section on the cowslip. The L is in an ornate Victorian style with a diamond pattern on parts of the [...]

Keywords: letterl, initials, flowers, cowslips, wild flowers, botanical illustrations, botany, leaves, greyscale

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Added: 2017-03-03

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Decorative initial “L” with wild flowers and weedsThe River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875)

A decorative initial capital letter “L” used at the start of a chapter. This one featuers thistles, clover (or shamrock), and a flower that could be a daisy. Update: it’s thistles (Scotland), shamrock [...]

Keywords: initials, letterl, flowers, weeds, wild flowers, thistles, shamrocks, roses, england, scotland, ireland, symbols, greyscale

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Added: 2010-08-11

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

This swirly calligraphic ornate intense capital L 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 peopl [...]

Keywords: letterl, initials, calligraphy, fraktur, lettering, calligraphic initials, greyscale

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Added: 2013-11-23

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E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L from English Gothic Letters 15th CenturyLetters & Lettering: A Treatise With 200 Examples (1921)

Letters “E” “F” “G” “H” “I” “J” “K” and “L” from English gothic Letters, 15th Century.

Keywords: lettere, letterf, letterg, letterh, letteri, letterj, letterk, letterl, alphabets, blackletter, calligraphy, greyscale

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Added: 2007-08-28

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

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

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Added: 2010-11-08

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Decorative initial LMusée Artistique et Littéraire, Le (1880)

Lettre composée par Galland. This decorative initial (drop cap) features a cherub lying on his tummy, with flowers all around him and a tambourine nearby. The piece is signed “K. Levlille” I think, fo [...]

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Added: 2007-01-21

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Decorative initial capital letter “L” by BlinMusée Artistique et Littéraire, Le (1880)

A decorative initial “L” used as a drop cap, and attributed to Blin, whom I take to be Jean-Baptiste Belin De Fontenay, an 17th and early 18th century French artist known as Blin.

Keywords: letterl, initials, floriated initials, ornament, greyscale

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Added: 2009-12-14

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Initial letter L for drop cap, with squiggleLa Civilizacion (1881)

This capital L was used as a decorative initial (dropped capital) at the start of a chapter. The mix of geometric patterns and stylized vines is very characteristic of the period; the wiggly line stic [...]

Keywords: letterl, initials, geometric designs, squiggles, curlicues, greyscale

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Added: 2018-05-15

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Decorative initial LThe Works of Geoffrey Chaucer [William Morris, Kelmscott Press] (1896)

Decorative initial letter “L” Images from page 501: the outer decorative page border, the inner leafy border, and two wallpaper images, the picture of the lovers with the border, and the lovers withou [...]

Keywords: letterl, initials, arts and craft movement, floriated initials, criblé, greyscale

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Added: 2009-02-04

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Initial letter “L” from p. 650Fabrica... (1543)

An old man with a beard has been suspended from a wooden frame by a rope around his chest. On the right a putto (perhaps) or a man pulls the rope, and a cowled monk carries a cross.

Keywords: initials, letterl, people, religion, bare feet, beards, greyscale

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Added: 2010-05-09

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