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1210x1734, 140x200, 511x731, 681x975, 908x1301 | Title PageDie Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878) The title page has been printed in two colours, and includes an ornate decorative border, which I also made available as separate images in green-brown (most like the original), black (easiest to re-u [...] Keywords: title pages, page images, colour, typography Places shown: none Added: 2009-03-07 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1192x1632, 146x200, 2384x3263, 503x689, 671x918, 894x1224 | Ornate border from 1878 Title Page (black version)Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878) This is the ornate decorative border from the title page of this book; it features cherubs or putti (naked boys with wings) holding up giant urns or vases; mermaids and mermen; angels, vines, flowers [...] Keywords: borders, floriated borders, inhabited borders, cherubs, nudity, bare feet, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2010-01-03 + S K L |
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120x158, 152x200, 160x211, 1843x2427, 285x375, 519x683, 691x910, 90x118, 922x1214 | Printer’s Flower from Title PageDie Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878) Ths ornament is on the title page. Keywords: ornaments, typography, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2009-03-07 + S K L |
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1200x1600, 150x200, 480x640, 600x800, 768x1024 | Antique/Vintage Chain-link Border (coloured)Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878) This full-page border is made up of circles linked together like a chain, with a woodcut engraved shaded background. I used orange red and black; the original woodcut is printed in plain black, with n [...] Keywords: borders, colour Places shown: none Added: 2011-03-04 + S K L |
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145x200, 1724x2376, 647x891, 862x1188 | Plate 3, Page with foliated border from 1478Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878) A reproduction of a page from a book printed at the office of Erhart Ratdolt in Venice in 1478, Pomponii Melle Cosographie de situ orbis liber primis. The German caption in the 1878 book containing th [...] Keywords: borders, page images, criblé, floriated borders, typography, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2009-12-21 + S K L |
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1163x1166, 200x200, 698x700, 872x875 | Foliated Decorative Capital Letter “O”Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878) This floriated letter “O” was used as an initial capital (a drop cap) on a title page inside this ornate mediæval border. The letter has an unusual spiral line round it, vines, leaves, and a strongly [...] Keywords: lettero, initials, calligraphy, floriated initials, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2013-04-27 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1078x1600, 135x200, 539x800, 809x1200 | Fantasy Romantic Border with Eros, Cherubs and MermaidsDie Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878) This ornate rococo border surrounded the title of a 1516 book printed in Germany: Sassenspegel: mit velen nyen Addicien san dem Leenrechte vnde Richtstige; Ad lectorem Saphicum cum Gliconico, Saxonum [...] Keywords: borders, cherubs, title pages, typography, romance, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2013-05-15 + S K L |
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1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 640x480, 800x600 | Eros (Cherub with Bow)Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878) An Eros, or cherub with a bow, from this ornate Renaissance border, a woodcut title page of a 1516 book. This cutout cherub illustration is white on a black background. Keywords: cherubs, romance, wings, bare feet, nudity, chidren, weapons, mythical creatures, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2013-04-28 + S K L |
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100x100, 1281x1291, 198x200, 2561x2581, 298x300, 595x600 | 62a.—Initial capital letter “A” from Dance of Death AlphabetDie Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878) This decorative initial letter “A”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein the Younger and dating from 1523. It features a skeleton banging a drum (or tabor) with a bone, and also p [...] Keywords: lettera, initials, death, skeletons, music, musical instruments, spirit, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2009-03-07 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 100x100, 1240x1241, 200x200, 2479x2482, 300x300, 599x600 | 62b.—Initial capital letter “B” from Dance of Death AlphabetDie Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878) This decorative initial letter “B”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. It features two skeletons, or death-figures, a dog and a pope. Some commentators say [...] Keywords: letterb, initials, death, skeletons, religion, spirit, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2009-03-07 + S K L |
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100x100, 1264x1254, 202x200, 2528x2507, 303x300, 605x600 | 62c.—Initial capital letter “C” from Dance of Death AlphabetDie Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878) This decorative initial letter “C”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. it features an emperor in the clutches of two skeletons, or Deaths, one of whom he r [...] Keywords: letterc, initials, death, skeletons, spirit, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2009-03-11 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 100x100, 1241x1253, 198x200, 2482x2506, 297x300, 594x600 | 62d.—Initial capital letter “D” from Dance of Death AlphabetDie Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878) This decorative initial letter “D”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. It features a king thrown to the ground and forcibly dragged away by two skeletons, [...] Keywords: letterd, initials, death, skeletons, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2009-03-11 + S K L |
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