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62a.—Initial capital letter “A” from Dance of Death Alphabet Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This decorative initial letter “A”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein the Younger and dating from 1523. It features a skeleton banging a drum (or tabor) with a bone, and also p [...]

Keywords: lettera, initials, death, skeletons, music, musical instruments, spirit, greyscale

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Added: 2009-03-07

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62b.—Initial capital letter “B” from Dance of Death Alphabet Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This decorative initial letter “B”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. It features two skeletons, or death-figures, a dog and a pope. Some commentators say [...]

Keywords: letterb, initials, death, skeletons, religion, spirit, greyscale

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Added: 2009-03-07

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62c.—Initial capital letter “C” from Dance of Death Alphabet Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This decorative initial letter “C”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. it features an emperor in the clutches of two skeletons, or Deaths, one of whom he r [...]

Keywords: letterc, initials, death, skeletons, spirit, greyscale

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Added: 2009-03-11

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62d.—Initial capital letter “D” from Dance of Death Alphabet Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This decorative initial letter “D”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. It features a king thrown to the ground and forcibly dragged away by two skeletons, [...]

Keywords: letterc, initials, death, skeletons, greyscale

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Added: 2009-03-11

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62e.—Initial capital letter “E” from Dance of Death Alphabet Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This decorative initial letter “E”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. It features a skeleton, representing Death, with bony hands on the shoulders of a ca [...]

Keywords: lettere, initials, death, skeletons, spirit, greyscale

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Added: 2009-03-22

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62f.—Initial capital letter “F” from Dance of Death Alphabet. Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This decorative initial letter “F”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. Two grinning skeletons, representing Death, are attacking an empress sitting in her [...]

Keywords: letterf, initials, death, skeletons, royalty, spirit, greyscale

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Added: 2009-03-27

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62g.—Initial capital letter “G” from Dance of Death Alphabet. Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This decorative initial letter “G”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. It shows two skeletons, or Death figures, siezing a queen; one skeleton plays the fl [...]

Keywords: letterg, initials, death, skeletons, royalty, greyscale

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Added: 2009-03-28

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62h.—Initial capital letter “H” from Dance of Death Alphabet. Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This decorative initial letter “H”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. It depicts a skeleton, representing Death, dragging off a bishop. A B C D E F G H I [...]

Keywords: letterh, initials, death, skeletons, religion, greyscale

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Added: 2009-04-01

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62i.—Initial capital letter “I” from Dance of Death Alphabet. Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This decorative initial letter “I”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. It is also used for “J.” It features a skeleton (Death) in the guise of an old woman [...]

Keywords: letteri, letterj, initials, death, skeletons, religion, greyscale

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Added: 2009-04-18

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62k.—Initial capital letter “K” from Dance of Death Alphabet. Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This decorative initial letter “K”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. It features a skeleton representing Death, wearing a fur cap and mantle, and with a [...]

Keywords: letterk, initials, death, skeletons, greyscale

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Added: 2009-05-12

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62l.—Initial capital letter “L” from Dance of Death Alphabet. Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This decorative initial letter “L”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. It features a skeleton, representing Death, standing on the left, carrying holy wate [...]

Keywords: letterl, initials, death, skeletons, religion, people, greyscale

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Added: 2009-09-03

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62n.—Initial capital letter “N” from Dance of Death Alphabet. Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This decorative initial letter “N”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. It shows a money-lender, or perhaps a miser, counting his money; two skeletons, repr [...]

Keywords: lettern, people, skeletons, death, greyscale

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Added: 2011-02-09

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