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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 81

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28. FROM THE MAUSOLEUM OF MARY OF BURGUNDY,BRUGES, l6TH CENTURY. 46 I. Imagine about how you think the inscriptionwould subdivide—say into so many lines (long orshort according to your scheme of design). … 29. INCISED MARBLE, LUCA DELLA ROBBIA. 2. Write one line as it comes. 3. Count the number of letters in the line(reckoning the space between word and word asequivalent to one letter). 4. Reckon to how many lines your inscription 47 - y.-rr- 30. EMBOSSED IN SILVER-GILT. DALMATIA. will run, and how…

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