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 243
l8l. OLD PAINTED ROOF DECORATION, NORFOLK. 208 cf the body of the letters, not representing themin outline, but leaving just enough of the metal togive shapes not immediately suggestive of letters. In the gold couching on page 206, the A and Oare cunningly interwoven with the cross. A … l82. FLINT INLAY FROM A CHURCH IN NORFOLK. severer use of monogram and cypher, in a waywhich yet does not call undue attention to them,is shown in the painting upon the roof of Sellchurch (181). A monogram from another old Norfolk church(182) shows how the form may be quieted by the 209 way it is…
Lettering · Initials · Decoration and ornament
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