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 108
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… … 49- ITALIAN RENAISSANCE MEDAL. frame within the circle, and where single lettersare used to balance the composition (46)—and allthis during the finest period of design. Anotherbeautiful use of single letters is seen in the ivorycarving of a later period (38). The medallists of the Renaissance, as…
Lettering · Initials · Decoration and ornament
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