Lettering in ornament; an enquiry into the decorative use of lettering, past, present, and possible (1902)
Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910 · London, B. T. Batsford · leaf 100
42. STONE GRAVE SLAB, GOTLAND, 1316. or to introduce them into the details of the pictureitself. The nimbus of a saint was, for example, soconvenient to his hand, that it seems almost as ifit must have been designed to be inscribed withhis name. The mere writing of the letters in aring round his… … 43. OLD STAFFORDSHIRE EARTHENWARE. A device employed in tapestries and stained glasswindows was to introduce the name of a personagein the hem or border of his garment, or as apattern in the stuff, as though it had been wovenin it or embroidered on it; but the limits of thatkind of thing are soon…
Lettering · Initials · Decoration and ornament
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