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Front CoverOrnamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

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Vintage ornate borderOrnamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

A Victorian border taken from the book cover of this vintage book of alphabets and lettering. The centre is actually textured, so watch for that if you edit the image. If you add text, use colours tha [...]

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Vintage shabby-chic ornate full-page borderOrnamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

A shabby-chic Victorian border taken from the book cover of this vintage book of alphabets and lettering. The 200 pixel thumbnail for this image has some text in it, but the others are plain. It’s a n [...]

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Back CoverOrnamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

The back cover of this Victorian book has a geometric border and a floral ornament.

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Title PageOrnamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

The Book Of Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval, from the eighth century, with numerals, including Gothic; Church Text;, Large and Small; German Arabesque; Initials for Illumination, monograms, [...]

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Table of ContentsOrnamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

8th Century. Vatican 8th Century. British Museum 8th and 9th Centuries. Anglo-Saxon. 9th Century From an Anglo-Saxon MS. Battel Abbey From MS. Library of Minerva, Rome 10th Century. British Museum. 1 [...]

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01. 8th Century. Vatican.Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

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2. 8th Century.Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

British Museum.

Calligraphy from an 8th Century manuscript, presumably Anglo-Saxon.

Original scanned at 1200 dpi on an Epson E10000 professional scanner.

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3. 8th and 9th Centuries. Anglo-Saxon.Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

Calligraphy from England in the 8th and 9th centuries.

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4.—9th Century. From an Anglo-Saxon MS. Battel Abbey.Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

Today called Battle Abbey. Someone made a font from a Dover reprint of this alphabet—Rob Anderson, I think. There is no coyright statement on the font, which was probably originally a PostScript Type [...]

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Added: 2006-06-03

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07. 7.—11th Century and NumeralsOrnamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

The odd title really means that this image is a plate made from Eleventh Century AD initial letters; the “numerals” are actually Roman numbers done as ligatures.

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17.—14th Century Illuminated MS.Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

This upper-case alphabet printed in green has thin tendrils intertwining between the letters, so that it is impossible to tell for certain where one letter ends and the next begins.

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34. 34.—16th Century. Vatican.Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

Alphabet from a 16th Century manuscript in the Vatical Library. The letters are A B C D E F G H I K L M N P Q R S T Y, so that J, V, Y and Z are lacking. For J one would use J at that time, and U fo [...]

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50.—16th CenturyOrnamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

This is not a good scan; I plan to replace it with one made at a higher resolution. Decorative initials suitable for use as drop caps or initial caps. They were printed in light brown in the book, b [...]

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

This floriated ornamental capital “a” 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. [...]

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

This ornamental capital “b” 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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Decorative initial letter “C” from 16th CenturyOrnamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

This ornamental capital “c” 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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Decorative initial letter “D” from 16th CenturyOrnamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

This ornamental capital “d” 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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Decorative initial letter “E” from 16th CenturyOrnamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

This ornamental capital “e” 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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Decorative initial letter “F” from 16th CenturyOrnamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

This ornamental capital “F” 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. I made this [...]

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