Description
For this striking volume, Carol Belanger Grafton has selected 548 illuminated letters-alphabetically arranged-from 19th-century reprints of medieval manuscripts. Here are magnificently ornamented initials-some the length of a whole margin, some other encompassing the page itself, others delicate miniatures. All are imaginatively and beautifully enhanced with royal and saintly figures, mythical creatures, knights in battle, exquisite florals and a lot more.
Encompassing all of the letters of the alphabet, and including a choice of hand-colored chromolithographs, this practical archive of gorgeous copyright-free designs now not only provides commercial artists and illustrators with a wealth of usable letters, it offers a splendid sampling of the traditional art of manuscript illuminations.