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 206
n the scarcity of parchmentand paper, the mediaeval artist seized upon themargins of the books which came within hisgrasp. His excuse will serve us, however, nolonger. Let us have initials, by all means, andborders too, for that matter, but let them be 170 planned to fall within the margin, which… … I43. WOODCUT INITIALS. XIII. ORNAMENTAL INITIALS. An initial is distinguished from the text by itssize always, often by its colour. Even where inmediaeval books the letter itself is not in all thecolours of the illuminators palette, it is commonlyin vermilion or ultramarine, or set in a filigree…
Lettering · Initials · Decoration and ornament
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