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 204
d engraver. Itlies within his discretion to enrich initials withornament, to glorify them with gold and colour,to encroach at pleasure upon the written text,which he can accommodate to his wildest lines.But his discretion is not seldom at fault. Hisvery freedom is a temptation, to which, at… … I42. FROM AN ILLUMINATED CHOIR BOOK AT SIENA. making of which there goes a dignity inseparablefrom reticence and self-control. The air of wild gesticulation so characteristic ofa certain class of illuminated initials is enoughof itself to convict them of extravagance. Theypresume, too, on the mere…
Lettering · Initials · Decoration and ornament
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