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Early Woodcut Initials / Containing over Thirteen Hundred Reproductions of Ornamental Letters of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries

Chapter 52: PARIS
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A focused survey collects and annotates over thirteen hundred ornamental woodcut initials from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, pairing reproductions with descriptive notes. It opens with a preface and an introductory history of book ornamentation and the development of initials, then examines block-books and the early invention of printing. Successive chapters present regional studies of initials produced in major European printing centers, with commentary on stylistic features and documentary value. The volume concludes with a plate section of reproductions, transcriber's notes, and an index.

 

 

FROM THE ‘CATALOGUS SANCTORUM’ OF SACCON

 

 

 

 

FROM THE ‘CATALOGUS SANCTORUM’ OF SACCON

 

 

 

 

 

FROM THE ‘CATALOGUS SANCTORUM’ OF SACCON

 

 

 

 

FROM THE ‘CATALOGUS SANCTORUM’ OF SACCON

 

 

 

 

INITIALS OF SACCON

FROM A ‘MORALE REDUCTORIUM PETRI BERTHORII’

LETTER USED BY JACQUES MODERNES

 

 

 

 

 

 

ALPHABET OF PHILOSOPHERS

 

FROM AN ALPHABET OF PHILOSOPHERS

 

MYTHOLOGICAL INITIALS

 

 

 

MYTHOLOGICAL LETTERS OF JACOPO FABIO

PARIS

 

FROM THE ‘VIES DES ANCIENS SAINCTZ PÈRES’ OF DUPRÉ

 

 

 

 

CALLIGRAPHIC ALPHABET OF VÉRARD

 

 

FROM THE ‘NEF DE SANTÉ’ OF TREPPEREL

 

 

 

INITIALS IN BOOKS BY BOCARD

 

 

 

 

INITIALS IN BOOKS PRINTED BY REMBOLT AND GERING

 

 

 

INITIALS IN BOOKS PRINTED BY REMBOLT AND GERING

 

 

 

INITIALS IN BOOKS PRINTED BY REMBOLT AND GERING

 

FROM THE HISTORY OF DENMARK BY SAXO GRAMMATICUS

 

 

 

 

INITIALS USED IN THE ‘JARDIN DE SANTÉ’ BY TREPPEREL

 

FROM THE ARISTOTLE OF H. ESTIENNE

 

 

FROM THE ‘MISSALE PARISIENSE’ BY WOLFGANG HOPYL