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

This decorative initial letter “Z”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. Appropriately for the end of the alphabet, this drop cap Z shows the end of the worl [...]

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Added: 2011-02-28

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Title page, Sayings of Alved Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This image is the title page of a book by John Lonicerus listing things that Augustin Alveld said or wrote about Martin Luther. Got that? Good!The woodcut border round the title was made by Lucas Cran [...]

Keywords: title pages, woodcuts, page images, typography, borders, animals, people, drunkenness, printing presses, printing, birds, martin luther, greyscale

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Added: 2020-10-21

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Printing press, detail from border Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This picture shows two young men working an early hand-operated printing-press. The nearer man is pulling the bar that turns the pole with a screw-thread which in turn presses down on the platen and [...]

Keywords: printing, printing presses, history of printing, people, men, education, printers devils, boys, greyscale

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Added: 2020-10-21

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Drunken Man, Detail from Border Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This part of the Sixteenth-Century border-image woodcut by Lucas Cranach the elder shows a man holding a large wineglass, holding a large tankard, with perhaps a barrel under his arm. He is crowned wi [...]

Keywords: drinking, overindulgence, ruin, bees, people, men, bare feet, drunk, hangover, gluttony, greed, addiction, greyscale

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Added: 2020-10-23

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captions for plates 57 – 64 Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

The captions are in German, and I cannot understand them. If you want to send them to me (UTF-8 please!) I’ll put the transcriptions up on the pages for the corresponding plates.

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Added: 2009-03-10

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