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Subject Letters of the alphabet
  • A decorative woodcut header featuring a pair of horn players flanking a cherub's head and an initial letter "Y" decorated with floral and fish designs.
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    Decorative page header and initial letter "Y"

    A decorative woodcut header featuring a pair of horn players flanking a cherub's head and an initial letter "Y" decorated with floral and fish designs.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1640
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    A decorative woodcut header featuring a pair of horn players flanking a cherub's head and an initial letter "Y" decorated with floral and fish designs.
  • An engraved headpiece to the first, seventh, and thirteenth books of Moyne's epic, "Saint Louys," depicting a pair of cherubim holding a crown of thorns above an interwoven pair of initials ("SL") which sit above a laurel crown and crossed palm fronds. Above the scene is a banner with the Latin motto, "est lauros palmasque Super" (It [Crown of thorns] is above laurels and palms).
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    Est lauros palmasque Super

    Chauveau, François, 1613-1676
    An engraved headpiece to the first, seventh, and thirteenth books of Moyne's epic, "Saint Louys," depicting a pair of cherubim holding a crown of thorns above an interwoven pair of initials ("SL") which sit above a laurel crown and crossed palm fronds. Above the scene is a banner with the Latin motto, "est lauros palmasque Super" (It [Crown of thorns] is above laurels and palms).
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1658
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An engraved headpiece to the first, seventh, and thirteenth books of Moyne's epic, "Saint Louys," depicting a pair of cherubim holding a crown of thorns above an interwoven pair of initials ("SL") which sit above a laurel crown and crossed palm fronds. Above the scene is a banner with the Latin motto, "est lauros palmasque Super" (It [Crown of thorns] is above laurels and palms).
  • An illuminated page from the 1472 printed edition of Honorius of Atun's Cristianus ad solitariu[m] quendam De ymagine mundi. The illumination includes two initial letters "S" accented with floral patterns. The illumination uses blue, green, and red color with gold accents.
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    Illuminated introduction page to Cristianus ad solitaru[m] quendam De ymagine mundi by Honorius of Autun

    An illuminated page from the 1472 printed edition of Honorius of Atun's Cristianus ad solitariu[m] quendam De ymagine mundi. The illumination includes two initial letters "S" accented with floral patterns. The illumination uses blue, green, and red color with gold accents.
    Subject - Time Period
    Fifteenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1472
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An illuminated page from the 1472 printed edition of Honorius of Atun's Cristianus ad solitariu[m] quendam De ymagine mundi. The illumination includes two initial letters "S" accented with floral patterns. The illumination uses blue, green, and red color with gold accents.
  • An illuminated page from the 1470 printing of De evangelica praeparatione by Eusebius of Caesarea. The illuminations include an initial letter "E", floral boarder decorations, and a coat of arms featuring a hart surrounded by a laurel wreath. The illuminations are done in green, purple, black, blue, and red coloring with additional gold accents.
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    Illuminated introduction page to De euangelica praeparatione by Eusebius of Caesarea

    An illuminated page from the 1470 printing of De evangelica praeparatione by Eusebius of Caesarea. The illuminations include an initial letter "E", floral boarder decorations, and a coat of arms featuring a hart surrounded by a laurel wreath. The illuminations are done in green, purple, black, blue, and red coloring with additional gold accents.
    Subject - Time Period
    Fifteenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1470
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An illuminated page from the 1470 printing of De evangelica praeparatione by Eusebius of Caesarea. The illuminations include an initial letter "E", floral boarder decorations, and a coat of arms featuring a hart surrounded by a laurel wreath. The illuminations are done in green, purple, black, blue, and red coloring with additional gold accents.
  • An illuminated page from Franciscus de Platea's Opus restitutionum usurarum et excommunicationum. The illumination includes an initial letter "R" woven into a floral patterned border. The illumination uses red, green, and blue color with gold accents.
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    Illuminated introduction page to Opus restitutionum usuarum et excommunicationum by Franciscus de Platea

    An illuminated page from Franciscus de Platea's Opus restitutionum usurarum et excommunicationum. The illumination includes an initial letter "R" woven into a floral patterned border. The illumination uses red, green, and blue color with gold accents.
    Subject - Time Period
    Fifteenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1472
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An illuminated page from Franciscus de Platea's Opus restitutionum usurarum et excommunicationum. The illumination includes an initial letter "R" woven into a floral patterned border. The illumination uses red, green, and blue color with gold accents.
  • An illuminated page from the 1487 printing of Sabellico's Decades rerum Venetarum. The illumination includes an initial letter "V" and decorative acorn and oak leaf border. The illumination is done in yellow, brown, green, red, and blue color with gold accents.
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    Illuminated introductory Epistola from Sabellico's Decades rerum Venetarum

    An illuminated page from the 1487 printing of Sabellico's Decades rerum Venetarum. The illumination includes an initial letter "V" and decorative acorn and oak leaf border. The illumination is done in yellow, brown, green, red, and blue color with gold accents.
    Subject - Time Period
    Fifteenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1487
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An illuminated page from the 1487 printing of Sabellico's Decades rerum Venetarum. The illumination includes an initial letter "V" and decorative acorn and oak leaf border. The illumination is done in yellow, brown, green, red, and blue color with gold accents.
  • An illuminated page from the 1480 printed edition of the Letters of Saint Jerome. The illumination includes an initial letter "P" surrounded by floral decorations and surrounding an image of Saint Jerome holding a book. At the bottom of the page is an illumination showing a crest, which features a wolf, surrounded by a laurel wreath bound on the top, bottom, left, and right with decorative string. The illumination uses blue, red, green, brown, and black color with gold accents.
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    Illuminated page from the Letters of Saint Jerome

    An illuminated page from the 1480 printed edition of the Letters of Saint Jerome. The illumination includes an initial letter "P" surrounded by floral decorations and surrounding an image of Saint Jerome holding a book. At the bottom of the page is an illumination showing a crest, which features a wolf, surrounded by a laurel wreath bound on the top, bottom, left, and right with decorative string. The illumination uses blue, red, green, brown, and black color with gold accents.
    Subject - Time Period
    Fifteenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1480
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An illuminated page from the 1480 printed edition of the Letters of Saint Jerome. The illumination includes an initial letter "P" surrounded by floral decorations and surrounding an image of Saint Jerome holding a book. At the bottom of the page is an illumination showing a crest, which features a wolf, surrounded by a laurel wreath bound on the top, bottom, left, and right with decorative string. The illumination uses blue, red, green, brown, and black color with gold accents.
  • An illuminated page from the 1487 printing of Sabellico's Decades rerum Venetarum. The illumination includes an initial letter "Q" and decorative border composed of several generic floral patterns, a flowering pear tree branch with a bird perched on it, two different types of flowers, and a coat of arms featuring an eagle, angel, and possibly a swallow. The illumination is done in pink, yellow, black, brown, green, red, and blue color with gold accents.
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    Illuminated page from the Liber Primus of Sabellico's Decades rerum Venetarum

    An illuminated page from the 1487 printing of Sabellico's Decades rerum Venetarum. The illumination includes an initial letter "Q" and decorative border composed of several generic floral patterns, a flowering pear tree branch with a bird perched on it, two different types of flowers, and a coat of arms featuring an eagle, angel, and possibly a swallow. The illumination is done in pink, yellow, black, brown, green, red, and blue color with gold accents.
    Subject - Time Period
    Fifteenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1487
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An illuminated page from the 1487 printing of Sabellico's Decades rerum Venetarum. The illumination includes an initial letter "Q" and decorative border composed of several generic floral patterns, a flowering pear tree branch with a bird perched on it, two different types of flowers, and a coat of arms featuring an eagle, angel, and possibly a swallow. The illumination is done in pink, yellow, black, brown, green, red, and blue color with gold accents.
  • An illuminated page from a 1497 printed edition of the Pontificale Romanum. The illumination includes an initial letter "P" with a full floral border featuring a coat of arms ringed in a laurel wreath in the bottom margin. The illumination is done in red, blue, green, yellow, and black color.
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    Illuminated page from the Pontificale Romanum

    An illuminated page from a 1497 printed edition of the Pontificale Romanum. The illumination includes an initial letter "P" with a full floral border featuring a coat of arms ringed in a laurel wreath in the bottom margin. The illumination is done in red, blue, green, yellow, and black color.
    Subject - Time Period
    Fifteenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1497
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An illuminated page from a 1497 printed edition of the Pontificale Romanum. The illumination includes an initial letter "P" with a full floral border featuring a coat of arms ringed in a laurel wreath in the bottom margin. The illumination is done in red, blue, green, yellow, and black color.
  • An illuminated page from the first sermon in the 1472 printing of Roberto Caracciolo's Sermones quadragesimales de poenitentia. The illumination includes an initial letter "M" with accompanying floral imagery. At the bottom of the page is a coat of arms bearing a griffin surrounded by a laurel wreath. The illumination is done in red, green, blue, and black color with gold accents.
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    Illuminated page from the first sermon in Sermones quadragesimales de poenitentia by Roberto Caracciolo

    An illuminated page from the first sermon in the 1472 printing of Roberto Caracciolo's Sermones quadragesimales de poenitentia. The illumination includes an initial letter "M" with accompanying floral imagery. At the bottom of the page is a coat of arms bearing a griffin surrounded by a laurel wreath. The illumination is done in red, green, blue, and black color with gold accents.
    Subject - Time Period
    Fifteenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1472
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An illuminated page from the first sermon in the 1472 printing of Roberto Caracciolo's Sermones quadragesimales de poenitentia. The illumination includes an initial letter "M" with accompanying floral imagery. At the bottom of the page is a coat of arms bearing a griffin surrounded by a laurel wreath. The illumination is done in red, green, blue, and black color with gold accents.
  • An illuminated page from the gospel of Matthew from volume five of the Biblia cum glossa ordinaria printed in 1498. The central initial letter "L" is done in red, blue, green, yellow, and white/grey with gold accents. There are also two examples of blue and red rubricated initial letter "L"s at the top of the page.
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    Illuminated page from the gospel of Matthew in volume five of the Biblia cum glossa ordinaria

    An illuminated page from the gospel of Matthew from volume five of the Biblia cum glossa ordinaria printed in 1498. The central initial letter "L" is done in red, blue, green, yellow, and white/grey with gold accents. There are also two examples of blue and red rubricated initial letter "L"s at the top of the page.
    Subject - Time Period
    Fifteenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1498
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An illuminated page from the gospel of Matthew from volume five of the Biblia cum glossa ordinaria printed in 1498. The central initial letter "L" is done in red, blue, green, yellow, and white/grey with gold accents. There are also two examples of blue and red rubricated initial letter "L"s at the top of the page.
  • An illuminated page from the 1487 printing of Sabellico's Decades rerum Venetarum. The illumination includes an initial letter "S" and decorative floral border. The illumination is done in pink, brown, green, red, and blue color with gold accents.
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    Illuminated praefatio from Sabellico's Decades rerum Venetarum

    An illuminated page from the 1487 printing of Sabellico's Decades rerum Venetarum. The illumination includes an initial letter "S" and decorative floral border. The illumination is done in pink, brown, green, red, and blue color with gold accents.
    Subject - Time Period
    Fifteenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1487
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An illuminated page from the 1487 printing of Sabellico's Decades rerum Venetarum. The illumination includes an initial letter "S" and decorative floral border. The illumination is done in pink, brown, green, red, and blue color with gold accents.
  • A woodcut initial letter "C" decorated with plants and a fish.
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    Initial Letter "C"

    Holbein, Hans, 1497-1543
    A woodcut initial letter "C" decorated with plants and a fish.
    Subject - Time Period
    Sixteenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1547
    Collection
    Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    A woodcut initial letter "C" decorated with plants and a fish.
  • A woodcut initial letter "C" decorated with plants and a fish.
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    Initial Letter "C"

    Holbein, Hans, 1497-1543
    A woodcut initial letter "C" decorated with plants and a fish.
    Subject - Time Period
    Sixteenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1547
    Collection
    Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    A woodcut initial letter "C" decorated with plants and a fish.
  • A woodcut initial letter "C" decorated with plants and a fish.
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    Initial Letter "C"

    Holbein, Hans, 1497-1543
    A woodcut initial letter "C" decorated with plants and a fish.
    Subject - Time Period
    Sixteenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1547
    Collection
    Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    A woodcut initial letter "C" decorated with plants and a fish.
  • A woodcut initial letter "M" featuring a symetrical plant design.
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    Initial Letter "M"

    A woodcut initial letter "M" featuring a symetrical plant design.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1640
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    A woodcut initial letter "M" featuring a symetrical plant design.
  • A woodcut initial letter "S" decorated with plants and a fish.
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    Initial Letter "S"

    Holbein, Hans, 1497-1543
    A woodcut initial letter "S" decorated with plants and a fish.
    Subject - Time Period
    Sixteenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1547
    Collection
    Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    A woodcut initial letter "S" decorated with plants and a fish.
  • A woodcut initial letter "A" depicting a trio of figures leaning agains and through the letter.
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    Initial Letter A

    A woodcut initial letter "A" depicting a trio of figures leaning agains and through the letter.
    Subject - Time Period
    Sixteenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1529
    Collection
    Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    A woodcut initial letter "A" depicting a trio of figures leaning agains and through the letter.
  • An initial letter "A" featuring a kneeling man holding a harp and looking up at God.
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    Initial Letter A

    An initial letter "A" featuring a kneeling man holding a harp and looking up at God.
    Subject - Time Period
    Sixteenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1506-02-03
    Collection
    Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An initial letter "A" featuring a kneeling man holding a harp and looking up at God.
  • An initial letter "B" featuring the Trinity, with the Holy Spirit as a dove and both God and Christ holding an orbis cruciger.
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    Initial Letter B

    An initial letter "B" featuring the Trinity, with the Holy Spirit as a dove and both God and Christ holding an orbis cruciger.
    Subject - Time Period
    Sixteenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1506-02-03
    Collection
    Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An initial letter "B" featuring the Trinity, with the Holy Spirit as a dove and both God and Christ holding an orbis cruciger.
  • An initial letter "C" featuring an elaborate ciborium.
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    Initial Letter C

    An initial letter "C" featuring an elaborate ciborium.
    Subject - Time Period
    Sixteenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1506-02-03
    Collection
    Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An initial letter "C" featuring an elaborate ciborium.
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