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62e.—Initial capital letter “E” from Dance of Death Alphabet Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This decorative initial letter “E”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. It features a skeleton, representing Death, with bony hands on the shoulders of a ca [...]

Keywords: lettere, initials, death, skeletons, spirit, greyscale

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Added: 2009-03-22

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62f.—Initial capital letter “F” from Dance of Death Alphabet. Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This decorative initial letter “F”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. Two grinning skeletons, representing Death, are attacking an empress sitting in her [...]

Keywords: letterf, initials, death, skeletons, royalty, spirit, greyscale

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Added: 2009-03-27

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62g.—Initial capital letter “G” from Dance of Death Alphabet. Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This decorative initial letter “G”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. It shows two skeletons, or Death figures, siezing a queen; one skeleton plays the fl [...]

Keywords: letterg, initials, death, skeletons, royalty, greyscale

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Added: 2009-03-28

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62h.—Initial capital letter “H” from Dance of Death Alphabet. Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This decorative initial letter “H”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. It depicts a skeleton, representing Death, dragging off a bishop.ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPSTV [...]

Keywords: letterh, initials, death, skeletons, religion, greyscale

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Added: 2009-04-01

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62i.—Initial capital letter “I” from Dance of Death Alphabet. Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This decorative initial letter “I”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. It is also used for “J.” It features a skeleton (Death) in the guise of an old woman [...]

Keywords: letteri, letterj, initials, death, skeletons, religion, greyscale

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Added: 2009-04-18

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62j.—Initial capital letter “J” for Dance of Death Alphabet. Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

The original Dance of Death alphabet lacks the letter J since this is more modern. So I made one, based on another letter.

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Keywords: letterj, initials, death, skeletons, religion, greyscale

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Added: 2020-07-31

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62k.—Initial capital letter “K” from Dance of Death Alphabet. Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This decorative initial letter “K”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. It features a skeleton representing Death, wearing a fur cap and mantle, and with a [...]

Keywords: letterk, initials, death, skeletons, greyscale

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Added: 2009-05-12

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62l.—Initial capital letter “L” from Dance of Death Alphabet. Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This decorative initial letter “L”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. It features a skeleton, representing Death, standing on the left, carrying holy wate [...]

Keywords: letterl, initials, death, skeletons, religion, people, greyscale

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Added: 2009-09-03

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62m.—Initial capital letter “M” from Dance of Death Alphabet. Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This decorative initial letter “M”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. It shows a doctor of physician in his study or laboratory, holding up a vessel. Beh [...]

Keywords: letterm, initials, scholars, people, death, greyscale

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Added: 2010-01-05

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62n.—Initial capital letter “N” from Dance of Death Alphabet. Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This decorative initial letter “N”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. It shows a money-lender, or perhaps a miser, counting his money; two skeletons, repr [...]

Keywords: lettern, people, skeletons, death, greyscale

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Added: 2011-02-09

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62o.—Initial capital letter “O” from Dance of Death Alphabet. Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This decorative initial letter “O”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. The skeleton figures in the alphabet represent death. This letter, O, a terrified mo [...]

Keywords: lettero, initials, death, people, skeletons, religion, greyscale

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Added: 2012-04-03

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62p.—Initial capital letter “P” from Dance of Death Alphabet. Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This decorative initial letter “P”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. The skeleton figures in the alphabet represent death. This letter, P, includes a bat [...]

Keywords: letterp, initials, death, people, skeletons, soldiers, weapons, greyscale

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Added: 2012-04-05

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62q.—Initial capital letter “Q” from Dance of Death Alphabet. Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This decorative initial letter “Q”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. The skeleton figures in the alphabet represent death. This letter, Q, includes an il [...]

Keywords: letterq, initials, death, people, skeletons, religion, nuns, greyscale

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Added: 2012-04-06

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62r.—Initial capital letter “R” from Dance of Death Alphabet. Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This decorative initial letter “R”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. The skeleton figures in the alphabet represent death. This letter, R, includes a ske [...]

Keywords: letterr, initials, death, people, skeletons, jesters, greyscale

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Added: 2012-05-11

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62s.—Initial capital letter “S” from Dance of Death Alphabet. Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This decorative initial letter “S”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. The skeleton figures in the alphabet represent death. This letter, S, has two skelet [...]

Keywords: letters, initials, death, people, skeletons, sex, women, greyscale

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Added: 2011-02-28

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62t.—Initial capital letter “T” from Dance of Death Alphabet. Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This decorative initial letter “T”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. The skeleton figures in the alphabet represent death. The letter features a minstrel [...]

Keywords: lettert, initials, death, people, skeletons, greyscale

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Added: 2009-06-12

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62v.—Initial capital letter “U” from Dance of Death Alphabet Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This decorative initial letter “U” or “V”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. It shows a man on horseback siezed by Death from behind as he tries to escape [...]

Keywords: letteru, letterv, initials, death, people, skeletons, greyscale

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Added: 2010-02-21

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62w.—Initial capital letter “W” from Dance of Death Alphabet. Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This decorative initial letter “W”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. Death, depicted as a skeleton, comes for a hermit wearing a robe (not to be called a [...]

Keywords: letterw, initials, death, skeletons, religion, people, greyscale

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Added: 2010-03-21

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62x.—Initial capital letter “X” from Dance of Death Alphabet. Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This decorative initial letter “X”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. Death and the devil are hanging out around the gamblers.

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Keywords: letterx, initials, death, skeletons, gambling, people, greyscale

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Added: 2014-02-18

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62y.—Initial capital letter “Y” from Dance of Death Alphabet. Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This decorative initial letter “Y”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523.In the drop cap Y, Death is about to take a baby from its crib while the terrified mo [...]

Keywords: lettery, initials, death, skeletons, people, babies, children, greyscale

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Added: 2020-07-29

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