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

The letter V taken from Fig. 1.

Keywords: letterv, initials, lettering, constructed initials, greyscale

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Added: 2006-03-12

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

Letter “V” 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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Woman with initial letter “V”Goethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882)

A decorative Fraktur (German) initial letter “V” in which a naked woman with flowers in herhair is kept modest by a cherub waving some cloth; another cherub clings merrily to a carved object to which [...]

Keywords: initials, letterv, romance, nudity, women, people, cherubs, greyscale

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Added: 2010-08-07

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

Calligraphic letter V from XIV. Century No. 1.

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Added: 2003-05-26

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

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

This capital letter “V” 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 includes a mediæval court jester! Note tha [...]

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Added: 2009-12-10

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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

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Added: 2010-02-21

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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

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Added: 2009-01-12

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

A decorative initial “V” 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! Note, use the sam [...]

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Added: 2008-10-22

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

Decorative initial letter V (also used for U) from Fifteenth Century No. 4.

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Added: 2009-09-18

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Initial letter V with a mermaidBohemia Volume 2: Vltava (1884)

She’s a naked woman from head to knee, but then her legs become a twisted knotted tail with fins at the bottom. This mermaid is wearing a wreath or headdress of roses, a garland symbolising romance or [...]

Keywords: initial letters, letterv, mermaids, mermades, mythical creatures, spooky, women, people, nudity, fish, flowers, seduction, mythological creatures, greyscale

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Added: 2024-12-05

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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

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Added: 2007-08-28

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

Black-letter (Old English) letter “V” from English gothic Letters, 15th Century.

Note that U and V were generally reversed in older usage, so that this was probably a U rather than a V originally.

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Added: 2010-11-10

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