Items taken from The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860) (results page 7)

G to M from XIV. Century No. 1.The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

See XIV. Century No. 1 for the full alphabet, miniscule and majiscule (capitals and small letters). Actually it’s not a full alphabet by modern standards. I have also made these letters available as [...]

Keywords: alphabets, calligraphy, lettering, red, colour

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Added: 2007-02-16

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G to M from XIV. Century No. 1.The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

See XIV. Century No. 1 for the full alphabet, miniscule and majiscule (capitals and small letters). Actually it’s not a full alphabet by modern standards. I have also made these letters available as [...]

Keywords: alphabets, calligraphy, red, colour

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Added: 2007-02-16

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Lower row of lower-case (miniscule) blackletter from XIV. Century No. 1.The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

The small (miniscule) letters from p to z; strictly speaking these are not to be called “lower case” since they are for writing and not printing, but it is a distinction no longer widely followed. See [...]

Keywords: alphabets, lettering, calligraphy, red, colour

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Added: 2007-02-16

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Plate 71.—Fifteenth Century No. 1a.The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

“A series of bold initials from detached fragments in the South Kensington Museum.” (p. 103) I split this up into two separate images to make it easier to manage; the second is 71-Fifteenth-Century-1b [...]

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

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Added: 2006-06-14

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Plate 71.—Fifteenth century No. 1b.The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

“A series of bold initials from detached fragments in the South Kensington Museum.” (p. 103) I split this up into two separate images to make it easier to manage; this is the second. The first is 71- [...]

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

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Added: 2006-06-14

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Red and Blue Medieval Border with ButterflyThe Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

This border was taken from “Hours of the Virgin” (Harl. 2,936). The book is attributed to the Master of Martainville and includes 24 miniatures with foliate borders (such as this one) in colours and g [...]

Keywords: borders, floriated borders, butterflies, insects, flowers, vines, colour

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Added: 2012-07-04

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Gold and Purple Medieval Foliated Border, VerticalThe Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

A side-border or vertical area with vine-leaves and berried, partly in purple and partly in gold. The scanner didn’t pick out the gold very well, so I had to redo it afterwards. This border would make [...]

Keywords: borders, floriated borders, gold, vines, colour

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Added: 2013-10-14

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Blue vine border from 15th century manuscriptThe Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

Anther side-border or edge (edging?) taken from “Hours of the Virgin” (Harl. 2,936). This one has blue vine leaves on a dark brown background. The book is attributed to the Master of Martainville and [...]

Keywords: borders, floriated borders, blue, vines, dark, colour

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Added: 2015-08-19

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Full-page gold and coloured medieval borderThe Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

It’s easy to imgine that interest in medieval borders, calligraphy and decoration started with William Morris and Edward Johnston in the 1880s, but this book was produced in 1860 and includes such bea [...]

Keywords: borders, frames, birds, ornament, illuminated manuscripts, frogs, floriated borders, vines, colour

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Added: 2012-06-30

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Colophon with full-page borderThe Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

This colophon identifies the printer of the book; it is set in pseudo-mediæval banderols, or banners, in blue and black, with red, bluee and gold decoration. Day & Son Lithographers to the Queen. Lond [...]

Keywords: borders, full-page borders, colour, red, blue, gold, colophons, ornaments

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Added: 2022-05-27

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