If you look at the top of the page, you will notice a link to a new page of initials. This is where, as you might guess, we plan to collect decorative initials. The D above is a historiated initial, meaning that it has a picture in it; in this case, the picture is of Phyllis riding Aristotle like a horse, from a well-known medieval story that was fabulously productive of art.
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Ornaments by E. R. Weiss
Description | English: Book decorations by R. R. Weiss (Emil Rudolf Weiß) |
Date | 1906 |
Source | Max Liebermann (https://archive.org/details/maxliebermann00klei/page/74/mode/2up) |
Author | Emil Rudolf Weiß |
Roycroft Rose Ornaments
Description | English: Ornament from a magazine printed by the Roycroft Press |
Date | 1915 |
Source | The Fra (https://archive.org/details/lincolnathlete00roge/mode/2up) |
Author | Unknown (signed “CH”) |
These scalable ornaments can be used at any size. The last one is meant for an initial; place any letter in the empty banner.
Daffodil Initial
Description | English: Ornament from a 1915 magazine |
Date | 1915 |
Source | Movie Pictorial (https://archive.org/details/moviepictorial1915-05/page/n17/mode/2up) |
Author | Anonymous |
Add any letter in the empty corner to form a decorative initial. This scalable initial can be used at any size.
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 |