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Printers’ Ornament

Taken from

Holme, Charles: “Art in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods” (1908)

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This decorative ornament was used after the text at the end of a chapter. Such printing ornaments used to be fairly common. This one has a has a central area that could be used as a cartouch, that is, a place to put writing or numbers or a design. There are also birds’ heads, possibly intended to be gryphons, eyeing urns of fuit.


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Dimensions:

85 x 45mm (3.3 x 1.8 inches)

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Filename:

058-printers-ornament-q75-500x274.jpg

Scanner dpi:

2400 dots per inch

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