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Title Page
Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)
The title page has been printed in two colours, and includes anornate decorative border, which I also made available as separate images ingreen-brown(most like the original),black(easiest to re-use) a [...]
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title pages, page images, colour, typography
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Added: 2009-03-07
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Ornate border from 1878 Title Page (black version)
Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)
This is the ornate decorative border from thetitle pageof this book; it features cherubs or putti (naked boys with wings) holding up giant urns or vases; mermaids and mermen; angels, vines, flowers an [...]
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borders, floriated borders, inhabited borders, cherubs, nudity, bare feet, greyscale
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Added: 2010-01-03
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Printer’s Flower from Title Page
Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)
Ths ornament is on thetitle page.
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ornaments, typography, greyscale
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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; theoriginal woodcutis printed in plain black, with no [...]
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borders, colour
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Added: 2011-03-04
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Plate 3, Page with foliated border from 1478
Die 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 this [...]
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borders, page images, criblé, floriated borders, typography, greyscale
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Added: 2009-12-21
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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 insidethis ornate mediæval border. The letter has an unusual spiral line round it, vines, leaves, and a strongly a [...]
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lettero, initials, calligraphy, floriated initials, greyscale
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Added: 2013-04-27
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Fantasy Romantic Border with Eros, Cherubs and Mermaids
Die 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 d [...]
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borders, cherubs, title pages, typography, romance, greyscale
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Eros (Cherub with Bow)
Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)
An Eros, or cherub with a bow, fromthis ornate Renaissance border, a woodcut title page of a 1516 book.
This cutout cherub illustration is white on a black background.
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cherubs, romance, wings, bare feet, nudity, chidren, weapons, mythical creatures, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale
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Added: 2013-04-28
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62a.—Initial capital letter “A” from Dance of Death Alphabet
Die 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 [...]
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lettera, initials, death, skeletons, music, musical instruments, spirit, greyscale
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62b.—Initial capital letter “B” from Dance of Death Alphabet
Die 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 [...]
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letterb, initials, death, skeletons, religion, spirit, greyscale
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62c.—Initial capital letter “C” from Dance of Death Alphabet
Die 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 [...]
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letterc, initials, death, skeletons, spirit, greyscale
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Added: 2009-03-11
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62d.—Initial capital letter “D” from Dance of Death Alphabet
Die 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, [...]
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letterd, initials, death, skeletons, greyscale
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