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initials: ornamental letters, usually capital, used for the first letter of a chapter, also called decorative initials or drop caps (dropped capitals).
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Musée Artistique et Littéraire, Le (1880)

A rococo decorative initial letter “M” taken from the title page. It is repeated on page 66 as a drop cap (drop capital), where it is given this caption: Lettre tirée d’un livre italien du commenceme [...]

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Added: 2007-05-06

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Initial Letter T Woodcut A Compleat Collection of English Proverbs (1737)

A decorative initial letter “T” used as a drop cap (drop capital). It features palm trees and buildings in the background, perhaps intended to be evocative of the Holy Land.

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Added: 2007-07-31

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Foliated initial capital letter “S” Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

This decorated drop cap “S” has vine leaves intertwined with the letter.

There is also a colour version in red and green, which I made.

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Added: 2011-04-17

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Foliated initial capital letter “S” (coloured version) Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

I coloured the initial letter S from the first page. The letter is red and the vine leaves are green; obviously you could change this.

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Added: 2011-04-17

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Decorative initial letter O with cherubs Goethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882)

Two naked children—cherubs, or putti—are playing inside an initial letter “O” in the German Fraktur style. One boy uses a rope to pull on a decorative vertical part of the letter while the other boy [...]

Keywords: initials, lettero, cherubs, greyscale

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Added: 2009-10-18

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Decorative initial letter O with cherbus cooking soup Fabrica... (1543)

A Decorative initial letter “O” used as a drop cap on the first page of this famous book. THe outer border around the outside of the letter “O” has oak leaves and dragons; inside the “O” we see naked [...]

Keywords: lettero, initials, children, nudity, bare feet, dragons, borders, mythical creatures, cooking, food, greyscale

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Added: 2010-01-19

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Letter G from “Alphabet after Serlio” Letters & Lettering: A Treatise With 200 Examples (1921)

The letter G taken from Fig. 1.

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Added: 2006-02-23

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Letter H from “Alphabet after Serlio” Letters & Lettering: A Treatise With 200 Examples (1921)

The letter H taken from Fig. 1.

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Added: 2006-02-28

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Letter I from “Alphabet after Serlio” Letters & Lettering: A Treatise With 200 Examples (1921)

The letter I taken from Fig. 1.

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Added: 2006-02-28

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Letter N from “Alphabet after Serlio” Letters & Lettering: A Treatise With 200 Examples (1921)

The letter N taken from Fig. 1.

Keywords: lettern, initials, lettering, greyscale

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Added: 2006-03-01

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Letter N from “Alphabet after Serlio” Letters & Lettering: A Treatise With 200 Examples (1921)

The letter O taken from Fig. 1.

Keywords: lettero, initials, lettering, greyscale

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Added: 2006-03-01

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Letter P from “Alphabet after Serlio” Letters & Lettering: A Treatise With 200 Examples (1921)

The letter P taken from Fig. 1.

Keywords: letterp, initials, lettering, greyscale

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Added: 2006-03-05

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