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Historic styles of ornament (1898)

Dolmetsch, H · London: Batsford · leaf 250

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Plate 75. GERMAN RENAISSANCE. TYPOGRAPHIC ORNAMENTS. … T^ Fig. 14. he custom of decorating printings with artistic initials, marginal borders etc. is nearly as old as typo-graphy itself. In the beginning, Gothic forms, of course, were still prevailing; but the transition fromthe 15 th to the 16 th century marked a new era for this branch of art. Of…

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