| Description | English: Sibyl, printer’s mark of Michele Tramezzino of Venice |
| Date | 1549 |
| Source | De Antiquitatibus urbis Romae (https://archive.org/details/deantiqvitatibvs00faun/page/n3/mode/2up) |
| Author | Anonymous |
Sibyl
Category Archives: Books
Under the Lamp, by Constant Puyo
| Description | English: Under the Lamp, by Constant Puyo Français : « Sous la lampe » par Constant Puyo |
| Date | 1904 |
| Source | La Revue de photographie (https://archive.org/details/larevuedephotogr2190unse/page/n361/mode/2up) |
| Author | Constant Puyo |
Businessman with Open Book
| Description | English: Businessman looking down at an open book |
| Date | 1915 |
| Source | A Better Day’s Profits (https://archive.org/details/betterdaysprofit00burr/mode/2up) |
| Author | Anonymous |
This scalable illustration can be used at any size.
Bookshelves
| Description | English: Ornament from the Bookman Ornaments collection from American Type Founders |
| Date | 1923 |
| Source | ATF specimen book (https://archive.org/details/1923AmericanTypeFoundersSpecimenBookCatalogue/page/n755/mode/2up?q=indexes) |
| Author | Anonymous |
These scalable ornaments can be used at any size.
The Scribe at Work
| Description | English: Scribe working on a manuscript, surrounded by his research material |
| Date | 15th century |
| Source | The Art & Practice of Typography (https://archive.org/details/artpracticeoftyp00gres/page/n9/mode/2up) |
| Author | Jean Le Tavernier |
No information is given about the picture in the source book. The scribe pictured is identified in other versions on Commons as Jean Miélot, and the artist as Jean Le Tavernier.
Book and Candles
| Description | English: Ornament with manuscript book and candles |
| Date | 1910 |
| Source | The Art & Practice of Typography (https://archive.org/details/artpracticeoftyp00gres/page/n11/mode/2up) |
| Author | Anonymous |
This scalable ornament can be used at any size.
Open Book
| Description | English: Ornament from an 1830 typefounder’s catalogue |
| Date | 1830 |
| Source | Specimen of Printing-Types, and Ornaments, from the Letter Foundry of J. Howe & Co. (https://archive.org/details/specimenofprinti00jhow/page/n181/mode/2up) |
| Author | Anonymous |
This scalable illustration can be used at any size.
Liturgies That Won’t Burn
| Description |
English: Roman and Mozarabic liturgies unharmed by the fire: an engraving from a Mexican edition of the Mozarabic rite
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| Date | |
| Source | Missa Gothica, seu, Mozarabica, et Officium itidem Gothicum (https://archive.org/details/missagothicaseum00cath/page/n13/mode/2up) |
| Author | Jphus. Nava |
Latin banners read: “Both books cast into the fire”; “The Roman leaps out of the fire”; “The Gothic unharmed under the flames.”
Presenting a Book to Pope Paul II
| Description |
English: Initial N with the printer presenting his book to Pope Paul II
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| Date | (reprinted 1893) |
| Source | Originally from a 1482 edition of Ptolemy’s Cosmographia; reprinted in Early Illustrated Books (https://archive.org/details/earlyillustrated00poll_1/page/38/mode/2up) |
| Author | Anonymous |
Book and Quills Tailpiece
| Description |
English: Ornament from a 1923 magazine
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| Date | |
| Source | The Story World and Photodramatist (https://archive.org/details/storyworldphotod51phot) |
| Author | Anonymous |