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1281x1366, 188x200, 722x770, 961x1025 | Decorative initial letter “U” or “V” from 11th century.The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860) A deep blue with a red and green background and heavy patterning around this Uncial letter U, which has a head like a creature and vines growing inside it, one of which appears to have a cat’s head. S [...] Keywords: letteru, initials, calligraphy, blue, red, green, yellow, colour Places shown: none Added: 2012-12-12 + S K L |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 187x200, 2719x2908, 680x727, 70x75, 94x100 | Decorative initial letter “U” from 16th CenturyOrnamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879) This capital letter “U” 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 sun, with rays and a face rather li [...] Keywords: letteru, initials, calligraphy, sun, astrology, faces, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2009-12-10 + S K L |
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| 100x100, 1214x1253, 194x200, 2427x2506, 300x300, 581x600 | 62v.—Initial capital letter “U” from Dance of Death AlphabetDie Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878) This decorative initial letter “U” or “V”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. It shows a man on horseback siezed by Death from behind as he tries to escape [...] Keywords: letteru, letterv, initials, death, people, skeletons, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2010-02-21 + S K L |
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100x78, 211x164, 257x200, 281x219, 375x292, 625x486, 64x50 | Fourteenth Century Initial Letter U or V from Plate 65The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860) A red and blue calligraphic decorative letter “U” or “V” from a 14th century manuscript, reproduced in this 1860 book. The squiggles would have gone into the left margin. Remember to link back here i [...] Keywords: initials, letteru, letterv, lettering, calligraphy, red, blue, colour Places shown: none Added: 2009-01-12 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1123x1200, 1848x1974, 187x200, 719x768 | clipart: initial letter U from beginning of the 16th CenturyAlphabets & Numbers of the Middle Ages (1845) Wood cut of a decorated initial letter “U” (e.g. for a drop cap or ornamental capital letter), from the beginning of the 16th Century. There is a white calligraphic capital “U” with interwoven leaves, [...] Keywords: letteru, initials, calligraphy, floriated initials, criblé, cabbages, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2019-07-29 + S K L |
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1599x1870, 171x200, 641x750, 800x935 | Historiated Initial Letter U With Clock and CherubAllegorien und Embleme, Vol II (1882) This inhabited, or historiated, initial, features a clock with a bell on the top of it which a winged cherub is about to hit with a small hammer; there’s also a butterfly and a spiral motif. The clock [...] Keywords: initials, letteru, clocks, cherubs, wings, bare feet, butterflies, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2018-08-30 + S K L |
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| Letters U V W X Y and Z from English gothic Letters, 15th CenturyLetters & Lettering: A Treatise With 200 Examples (1921) Black-letter (Old English) inital letters “U” “V” “W” “X” “Y” and “Z” from English gothic Letters, 15th Century. It is possible that the author of the modern (1921) book added the J, the U and possibl [...] Keywords: calligraphy, blackletter, letteru, letterv, letterw, letterx, lettery, letterz, greyscale Places shown: unspecified Added: 2007-08-28 + S K L |
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