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 107
GREEK COINS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. coin or medal, the scope of the designer does notend there : that is one way of doing it, but not theonly one. It is the hard and fast rule we haveadopted in modern days; but the Greeks, whowere our masters in art, and the medallists of theRenaissance, knew better… … 48. ITALIAN RENAISSANCE MEDAL. or in one horizontal line (as a base for thefigure), and lines at the two sides of the coin,and even in four straight lines giving a squarewithin the circle. Framed in double lines ofinscription (47) the figure is, as it were, set in 73 a diaper of lettering. Other…
Lettering · Initials · Decoration and ornament
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