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 240
177. OLD FRENCH PAVING TILE. telligible; the main difficulty of the designer is inmaking ornamental letters which shall not beenigmatical. The foliation of the letter-shape isitself enough to transform it absolutely. Butdeparture from the normal shape should be in thedirection of beauty. That is… … 178. FROM THE BACK OF AN OLD GERMAN WOODEN SEAT. branches in the words Jesus and Maria(178, 179), a rustic notion which crops up con-tinually in late German Gothic, but it is neverhappy. It is seldom very desirable to break the surface oflettering with enrichment, unless indeed the ideais to merge…
Lettering · Initials · Decoration and ornament
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