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

The letter X taken from Fig. 1.

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Added: 2006-03-12

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

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

A beautiful rich red letter X on a deep blue background, with a delicate peach fill. This is reproduced (in the book) from an 11th century hand-illuminated manuscript, along with comments that suggest [...]

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Added: 2012-12-10

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

This decorative initial letter “X”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. Death and the devil are hanging out around the gamblers. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N [...]

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Added: 2014-02-18

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

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

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Added: 2011-06-15

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

Decorative initial letter X 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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Added: 2009-09-18

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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 [...]

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Added: 2007-08-28

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

Black-letter (Old English) letter “X” from English gothic Letters, 15th Century. A large ‘X” for a decorative initial is relatively unusual since there are not many passages starting with X in English [...]

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Added: 2013-12-29

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