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Floriated initial capital letter “S”Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

This decorated drop cap “S” has vine leaves intertwined with the letter.

There is also a colour version in red and green, which I made.

Keywords: letters, initials, floriated initials, greyscale

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Added: 2011-04-17

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Floriated initial capital letter “S” (coloured version)Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

I coloured the initial letter S from the first page. The letter is red and the vine leaves are green; obviously you could change this.

Keywords: letters, initials, colour, floriated initials

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Added: 2011-04-17

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

The letter S taken from Fig. 2.

Keywords: letters, initials, lettering, constructed initials, greyscale

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Added: 2006-03-23

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

Letter “S” 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, letters, historiated initials, blue, colour

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Added: 2011-05-31

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Letter “S” from 16th century book of hoursBook of Hours, Rosenwald MS. 10 (1533)

The letter S painted in blue and gold used as a decorative initial. More precisely there’s gold leaf on a blue background.

This image was on image 23 of the Library of Congress page images.

Keywords: letters, initials, calligraphy, red, gold, colour, lettering, christmas

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Added: 2007-05-21

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

This decorative capital letter S features vine-leaves and knots, red blue and green colours, and white dots perhaps representing stars; it was a drop cap; see the letter X for more information.

Keywords: letters, initials, calligraphy, blue, red, yellow, colour

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Added: 2013-10-12

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

Calligraphic letter S from XIV. Century No. 1.

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Keywords: letters, initials, calligraphy, red, colour

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Added: 2003-05-26

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

This ornamental capital “s” 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 [...]

Keywords: letters, initials, greyscale, foliated initials

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Added: 2021-09-24

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

This capital letter “S” 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 shows a king as a beast, and a bird-beast. [...]

Keywords: letters, initials, royalty, mythical creatures, greyscale

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Added: 2009-11-28

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

This decorative initial letter “S”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. The skeleton figures in the alphabet represent death. This letter, S, has two skelet [...]

Keywords: letters, initials, death, people, skeletons, sex, women, greyscale

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Added: 2011-02-28

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Alphabet from the Golden Bible, late 15th CenturyAlphabets & Numbers of the Middle Ages (1845)

From about the end of the 15th Century. FROM THE GOLDEN BIBLE Printed at Augsburg I do not know which book is meant here. However, I am making the individual letters available at larger size. A B C D [...]

Keywords: page images, alphabets, letters, lettering, typography, greyscale

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Added: 2008-08-13

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

A decorative initial “S” 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 ( [...]

Keywords: letters, initials, calligraphy, greyscale

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Added: 2008-11-30

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

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

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

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Added: 2014-07-31

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

Decorative initial letter S from Fifteenth Century No. 4.

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

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Added: 2009-09-18

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

Decorative initial letter S 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: letters, initials, calligraphy, red, blue, colour

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Added: 2009-09-18

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Foliated Initial Letter SSagen des Klassischen Altertums (1882)

This Fraktur-style capital S was used as a decorated initial, or drop cap, at the start of a chapter. A large initial can help the reader find the start of the text quickly, and also can help to indic [...]

Keywords: letters, initials, foliated initials, greyscale

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Added: 2025-05-14

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Foliated initial capital letter S, colouredSagen des Klassischen Altertums (1882)

Sometimes i colour pictures or images as i did this one, to give you ideas of how you might use it.

You can also get the black-and-white capital S if you prefer it.

Keywords: letters, colour, initials, foliated initials, yellow, green, fraktur, leaves

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Added: 2025-05-18

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Initial Letter SSouth by East: Notes of Travel in Southern Europe (1877)

A decorative capital “S” used as a drop cap, or initial letter S, from the start of Chapter VI, showing a monk kneeling at prayer, with tonsure, robe and sandals. The desk at which he kneels is shaped [...]

Keywords: letters, initials, people, religion, spirit, greyscale

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Added: 2006-03-17

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Decorative initial letter S with ancient Greek columnReligion in the Home (1913)

This decorated capital letter “S” features a broken-off fluted column sprouting ivy. A broken column is sometimes used as a monument for someone who died as a child, symbolising the broken-off life. I [...]

Keywords: letters, initials, floriated initials, greyscale

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Added: 2012-07-18

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Decorative initial letter S with ancient Greek column and green ivyReligion in the Home (1913)

This is a version of the drop cap letter S that I have coloured.

Keywords: letters, initials, ivy, floriated initials, creepers, green, colour, floriated initials, vignetted initials, coloured initials

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Added: 2012-07-18

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