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| Illuminated Page | Frontispiece |
| Babylonian Characters (Fig. 1) | 25 |
| Egyptian Hieroglyphics (Fig. 2) | 27 |
| Egyptian Hieratic Writing | 28 |
| Stylus and Early Pens | 29 |
| Cadmus gives the Greeks an Alphabet | 32 |
| The Development of Writing (Fig. 3) | 34 |
| The Development of Writing (Fig. 4) | 38 |
| The Pen (Fig. 5) | 43 |
| Simple Pen-Strokes (Fig. 6) | 45 |
| Pen-formed Letters (Fig. 7) | 49 |
| The Construction of Letters (Fig. 8) | 51 |
| Forming Words and Sentences (Fig. 9) | 55 |
| Word-spacing, etc. (Fig. 10) | 57 |
| Alphabets for Study (Fig. 11) | 61 |
| Alphabets for Study (Fig. 12) | 63 |
| Alphabets for Study (Fig. 13) | 64 |
| Alphabets for Study (Fig. 14) | 66 |
| Roman Lettering (Fig. 15) | 71 |
| Pen-formed Roman Lettering (Fig. 16) | 74 |
| The Trajan Column | 76 |
| The Trajan Alphabet (Fig. 17) | 77 |
| The Trajan Alphabet (Fig. 18) | 78 |
| The Trajan Alphabet (Fig. 19) | 79 |
| Roman Alphabets (Fig. 20) | 80 |
| Roman Alphabet, pen-formed (Fig. 21) | 81 |
| Roman Alphabets (Fig. 22) | 82 |
| The Lindisfarne Gospels | 84 |
| Flemish Initials | 101 |
| Initial Letters (Fig. 23) | 102 |
| Initial Letters (Fig. 24) | 105 |
| A Simple Page in Black and Red | 107 |
| Method of Setting out Page (Fig. 25) | 108 |
| Mediæval Alphabets (Fig. 26) | 110 |
| The Construction of Initials (Fig. 27) | 111 |
| Illumination in Black and Red (Fig. 28) | 113 |
| The Preparation of Colours (Fig. 29) | 133 |
| Gilding Materials (Fig. 30) | 148 |
| Illumination with Gold and Colours (Fig. 31) | 157 |
| Illuminated Altar Tablet | 161 |
| The Development of Illumination (Fig. 32) | 162 |
| Rough Sketches of Illuminated Pages (Fig. 33) | 166 |
| A Roll of Honour | 167 |
| Illuminated Altar Tablet | 169 |
| A Church Porch Text | 170 |
| An Illuminated Address | 171 |
| Various Forms of Illuminated Addresses (Fig. 34) | 172 |
| Designs for Christmas Cards | 185 |
| A Christmas Card | 187 |
| Styles of Cards (Fig. 35) | 188 |
| Styles of Cards (Fig. 36) | 189 |
| Designs for Programme and Progressive Whist Card | 190 |
| Booklet Cover | 192 |
| An Attractive Advertisement | 192 |
| A Handbook Cover | 194 |
| Lettering for Maps, etc. (Fig. 37) | 195 |
| A Design for a Certificate | 196 |
| An Alphabet for Poster Work (Fig. 38) | 197 |
| Two Designs for Labels | 198 |
| A Design for a Letter Heading | 199 |
| A Design for a Music Cover | 200 |
| A Design for a Bookplate | 201 |
| An Attractive Piece of Lettering | 204 |
| Guide for Hand-written Posters (Fig. 39) | 205 |
| Specimen Poster written with Pen (Fig. 40) | 207 |
| Specimen Poster written with Brush (Fig. 41) | 209 |
| Design for a Menu | 210 |
| Window Tickets (Fig. 42) | 213 |
| A Showcard (Fig. 43) | 214 |
| Frontispiece of Blake’s “Songs of Innocence” | 216 |
| Arrangement for MS. Book (Fig. 44) | 218 |
| Title-page of Blake’s “Songs of Innocence” | 219 |
| Examples of Colophons (Fig. 45) | 221 |
| Two pages from “Songs of Innocence” | 223 |
| Method of Stitching MS. Book (Fig. 46) | 226 |
| Vellum Cover (Fig. 47) | 228 |
| Cover ready for Binding (Fig. 48) | 229 |
| Completing the Cover (Fig. 49) | 230 |
| The Illumination of the Printed Book (Fig. 50) | 233 |
| Styles of Title Pages (Fig. 51) | 239 |
| Types of Initials to Avoid (Fig. 52) | 242 |
| Decorative Initials (Fig. 53) | 243 |
| Tail-pieces (Fig. 54) | 245 |