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

Calligraphic letter W from XIV. Century No. 1.

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

Calligraphic letter Y from XIV. Century No. 1.

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Plate 65.—Fourteenth Century No. 23.The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

XVI. CENTURY, No. 23. Nos. 1, 2, 4, 7, 9, 13, and 14, from Lans. 463; Nos. 3, 5, and 6, from Cott. Lib. B VIII. and Nos. 8, 10, 11, and 12, from Add. 12,009. Not a complete alphabet, but some very bea [...]

Keywords: initials, calligraphy, red, blue, colour, typography, alphabets

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Added: 2005-07-19

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Clip-art: calligraphic decorative initial capital letter O from Plate 65The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

A detail from Plate 65 with just the decorative initial letter O.

O, M, A, D, U or V, I or J, L.

Keywords: initials, lettero, lettering, calligraphy, red, blue, colour

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Added: 2006-06-14

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Fourteenth Century Initial Letter M from Plate 65The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

A calligraphic decorative letter “M” from a 14th century manuscript, reproduced in this 1860 book.

Keywords: initials, letterm, lettering, calligraphy, calligraphy, red, blue, colour

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Added: 2007-06-11

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Fourteenth Century Initial Letter A from Plate 65The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

A red and blue calligraphic decorative letter “A” from a 14th century manuscript, reproduced in this 1860 book. The squiggles would have gone into the left margin. I’ve made lots of sizes to make it [...]

Keywords: initials, lettera, lettering, calligraphy, red, blue, colour

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Fourteenth Century Initial Letter D from Plate 65The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

A red and blue calligraphic decorative letter “D” from a 14th century manuscript, reproduced in this 1860 book. The squiggles would have gone into the left margin. I’ve made fewer sizes than usual b [...]

Keywords: initials, letterd, lettering, calligraphy, red, blue, colour

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Added: 2007-08-07

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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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Fourteenth Century Initial Letter I or J from Plate 65The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

A red and blue calligraphic decorative letter “I” or “J” 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, letteri, letterj, lettering, calligraphy, red, blue, colour

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Added: 2010-05-20

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Clip-art: calligraphic decorative initial capital letter L from Plate 65The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

A detail from Plate 65 with just the decorative initial letter L. I also made a sample Web page using the decorative initial so you can get an idea of how to use it with HTML and CSS. O, M, A, D, U or [...]

Keywords: initials, letterl, calligraphy, lettering, red, blue, colour

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Added: 2008-02-24

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Stylized Black DragonThe Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

This dragon, white on a black background, was taken from a fourteenth century decorative initial; it is also in the style of a drollery, the strange creatures used to illustrate mediæval manuscripts. [...]

Keywords: dragons, drolleries, mythical creatures, greyscale

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Added: 2014-02-22

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Red Dragon on Blue BackgroundThe Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

This dragon, coloured red on a blue background, was taken from a fourteenth century decorative initial; it was drawn rather in the style of a drollery, the strange creatures used to illustrate mediæva [...]

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Added: 2014-02-22

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Fourteenth-Century illuminated D with saintThe Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

This illuminated initial letter “D” is from the 1300s (14th century); it’s a red and blue calligraphic capital letter, with a picture of an unidentified female saint inside (as indicated by the gold h [...]

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Added: 2015-08-22

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Saint with bookThe Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

A 14th century drawing of a saint (I think) or martry, with a book in one hand.

Taken from a decorative initial D.

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Vintage Medieval Daisy SketchThe Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

These two daisies with gold-leaf middles and squiggly reddish-brown stems were decorations on an illuminated capital D from a choirbook from the 1300s.

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Medieval Decorative Initial Capital “D”The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

This mediaeval calligraphic initial “D” was originally decorated with filligree and gold and had a saint in the middle; the simplified version here is extracted to be more useful. Original illuminated [...]

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

Decorative initial letter H from Fifteenth Century No. 4.

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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.

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

Decorative initial letter I from Fifteenth Century No. 4.

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

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Added: 2009-09-18

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