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

The letter N taken from Fig. 1.

Keywords: lettern, initials, lettering, constructed initials, greyscale

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Added: 2006-03-01

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Swash letter N with Three Kings and Mary and JesusThe Four Gospels (1931)

A decorative initial for the Adoration of the Magi. The Wise men from the East (the Gospels don’t say how many there were so tradition says there were three) arrived to worship the infant Jesus; this [...]

Keywords: lettern, initials, historiated initials, inhabited initials, christmas, epiphany, wise men, babies, bare feet, religion, christianity, nativity, biblical scenes, bible pictures, people, colour

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Added: 2014-12-07

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

Letter “N” 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, lettern, historiated initials, blue, colour

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Added: 2011-05-31

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

Calligraphic letter N from XIV. Century No. 1.

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Added: 2003-05-26

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

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

This capital “N” 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 include [...]

Keywords: lettern, initials, mythical creatures, greyscale

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Added: 2009-11-17

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

This decorative initial letter “N”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. It shows a money-lender, or perhaps a miser, counting his money; two skeletons, repr [...]

Keywords: lettern, people, skeletons, death, greyscale

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Added: 2011-02-09

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Letter N from page 63Old English Country Cottages (1906)

A decorative initial used as a drop cap (drop capital) at the start of a chapter. The letter features a candlestick with smoke.

Keywords: candles, initials, lettern, greyscale

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Added: 2006-03-20

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

Decorative initial letter N from Fifteenth Century No. 4.

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Added: 2009-09-18

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

Decorative initial letter N from Fifteenth Century No. 4.

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Added: 2009-09-18

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Fig. 99 No. 8.—Anglo-Saxon Initial letter NL’Ornament Polychrome (Ornament in Colour) (1869)

This initial letter N in the Carolingian style was used as a decorative initial for the start of a copy of John’s Gospel (beginning In Principio, or In the beginning; this is the N from “In”). The Gos [...]

Keywords: calligraphy, lettern, initials, colour, celtic knotwork

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Added: 2015-09-08

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M, N, O, P, Q, T from English Gothic Letters 15th CenturyLetters & Lettering: A Treatise With 200 Examples (1921)

Letters “M” “N” “O” “P” “Q” and “T” from English gothic Letters, 15th Century. The M is not very legible by today’s standards, but might work as an initial letter or drop cap.

Keywords: alphabets, letterm, lettern, lettero, letterp, letterq, lettert, calligraphy, blackletter, greyscale

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Added: 2007-08-28

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Initial Letter NA Treasury of Verse for Little Children (1923)

A decorative capital letter “N” with a child sitting inside it, hands on knees; it was used as a drop cap (dropped capital) at the start of a the poem, Snow in Town.

Keywords: lettern, initials, illustrations for children, greyscale

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Added: 2007-12-18

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Initial Letter N by François EhrmannMusée Artistique et Littéraire, Le (1880)

A decorative initial letter “N” featuring a naked woman as a cupid, about to fire an arrow from her bow, with a quiver at her back and her bare feet walking on clouds. The letter also has garlands, st [...]

Keywords: lettern, initials, women, people, nudity, bare feet, arrows, romance, weapons, historiated initials, romance, greyscale

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Added: 2012-06-11

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