Items matching chapterheads (results page 1)

Gothic Chapter Head: Mediaeval Birds Architecture: Gothic and Renaissance (1896)

A decorative element (a typographic ornament, or part of a border) at the head of the first chapter (the glossary) features mediaeval (medieval) bird designs.

Keywords: chapterheads, ornaments, birds, greyscale

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Added: 2007-09-17

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Chapter Heading Woodcut featuring Neptune and Mermaids A Compleat Collection of English Proverbs (1737)

A decorative woodcut from above the Introduction; it is not related to the text. The engraving features Neptune, the God of the Ocean; he is naked, crowned, complete with trident, and rides a chariot [...]

Keywords: mythical creatures, mermaids, water, horses, transport, chapterheads, greyscale

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Added: 2007-10-10

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Chapter head: cherubs playing games Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

Cherubs playing games with hoops and a spear or arrow, in a chain-link border. Used as a page decoration at the start of the foreword of the book.

Keywords: chapterheads, cherubs, borders, ornament, greyscale

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Added: 2011-03-02

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Chapter Heading Woodcut featuring Eagle A Compleat Collection of English Proverbs (1737)

This decorative woodcut was at the start of the preface; the woodcuts do not appear to bear any relation to the text, but are purely decorative. This one features an eagle, the symbol of the Roman Emp [...]

Keywords: decorations, eagles, chapterheads, greyscale

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Added: 2007-07-31

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Heraldic chapter head The New World (1671)

This woodcut was at the start of a chapter. It features two mermen, I think ,holding a shield bearing an armorial crest.

Keywords: chapterheads, ornaments, heraldry, greyscale

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Added: 2008-04-16

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The Chimæra Myths Every Child Should Know (1914)

Chapter-head illustration for “The Chimæra” or, “The Chimera” as one might write today. Two children are shown in silhouette on a shore by the edge of a forest. The boy (seated) wears a shirt and sh [...]

Keywords: children, people, bare feet, trees, chapterheads, illustrations for children, greyscale

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Added: 2006-07-29

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Decorative chapter head with winged creatures South by East: Notes of Travel in Southern Europe (1877)

A decorative woodcut used at the start of the chapter on Milan; there are dragons, or possibly gryphons but with tails like serpents, and in the centre a face with hair done in pigtails; the whole is [...]

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Added: 2007-08-06

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Chapter Heading woodcut featuring a flaming heart A Compleat Collection of English Proverbs (1737)

This decorative woodcut was used at the top of the first page of a chapter or section, as a decorative element. It features a heart on a pillar; there are flames bursting out of the heart, and the fla [...]

Keywords: decorations, hearts, chapterheads, greyscale

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Added: 2008-06-23

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The Golden Touch Myths Every Child Should Know (1914)

Chapter-head illustration for “The Golden Touch,” the story of King Midas. A person with a helmet (or vigorously spiked hair) and seen as a silhouette stands knee-deep in a lake and pours water from a [...]

Keywords: water, people, mythology, chapterheads, illustrations for children, greyscale

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Added: 2006-08-04

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Chapter Heading Woodcut Featuring Soldiers on Horesback with Spears A Compleat Collection of English Proverbs (1737)

A decorative woodcut from above the section entitled Proverbs and Proverbial Observsations cocerning Husbandry, Weather, and the Seasons of the Year. It is not related to the text. The engraving feat [...]

Keywords: decorations, battles, chapterheads, horses, weapons, people, greyscale

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Added: 2008-02-28

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The Gorgon’s Head Myths Every Child Should Know (1914)

A silhouette of Perseus with shield and sword, and with winged sandals on his feet. This is a Chapter-head illustration for “The Gorgon’s Head.” There is also a detail of this picture, showing just P [...]

Keywords: people, mythology, weapons, chapterheads, wings, illustrations for children, greyscale

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Added: 2006-08-19

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Perseus Myths Every Child Should Know (1914)

A detail from the chapter head illustration, showing Perseus, with shield uplifted to hide from the Gorgon’s eye, sword at the ready, and of course with wings on his feet (or ankles).

Keywords: people, mythology, weapons, chapterheads, wings, illustrations for children, greyscale

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Added: 2006-08-19

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