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Initial letter T with sundial and scythedetails

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Initial letter T with sundial and scythe

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This capital letter “T” is a vignetted initial—that is, an initial letter with a drawing around it rather than inside it. The vignette, or scene, shows a fluted stone pillar or pedestal with a sundial on the top of it, next to a scythe with its long curved wooden handle and sharp curved blade. These are of course symbols of the passage of time and of death; they are set in a background of a field with a branch of a tree.

It would be fairly easy to change the “T” to another letter to make whatever initial or drop cap you wanted.

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37 x 52mm (1.5 x 2.0 inches)

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Epson Exp10000XL
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Date: 2015:09:30 17:09:14

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