Illuminated Initials in Full Color: 548 Designs (Dover Pictorial Archive)

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Among the glories of extant medieval manuscripts are the sumptuous illuminated initials by which geometric, curvilinear, animal, religious and other motifs intertwine to form extraordinarily beautiful and decorative letters.
For this striking volume, Carol Belanger Grafton has selected 548 illuminated letters-alphabetically arranged-from 19th-century reprints of medieval manuscripts. Here are magnificently ornamented initials-some the length of a whole margin, some other encompassing the page itself, others delicate miniatures. All are imaginatively and beautifully enhanced with royal and saintly figures, mythical creatures, knights in battle, exquisite florals and a lot more.
Encompassing all of the letters of the alphabet, and including a choice of hand-colored chromolithographs, this practical archive of gorgeous copyright-free designs now not only provides commercial artists and illustrators with a wealth of usable letters, it offers a splendid sampling of the traditional art of manuscript illuminations.
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