This is a floriated Romanesque wood-type initial A decorated with line shade, bifurcated serifs with curls, a serifed extended apex, a thin V-shaped crossbar ending in curls, and pierced stems. It sits on a criblé background.
Contributor:
Rembolt, Berthold; Parvus, Johannes (variant Petit, Jean)
Created:
1518
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
This floriated Gothic wood-type initial A is decorated with line shade, bifurcated serifs with embellished curls, a crossbar with bifurcated serifs, and a pointed apex. It sits on a criblé background enclosed in a frame.
Contributor:
Rembolt, Berthold; Parvus, Johannes (variant Petit, Jean)
Created:
1518
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
This floriated Gothic wood-type initial A is decorated with line shade, bifurcated serifs with embellished curls, a crossbar with bifurcated serifs, and a pointed apex. It sits on a criblé background enclosed in a frame.
Contributor:
Rembolt, Berthold; Parvus, Johannes (variant Petit, Jean)
Created:
1518
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
This zoomorphic (bird) Romanesque wood-type initial is an uncial-style E decorated with bifurcated serifs with curls, a notched bowl, and hatched shading. It sits on a criblé background.
Contributor:
Rembolt, Berthold; Parvus, Johannes (variant Petit, Jean)
Created:
1518
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
This floriated Gothic wood-type initial is an A decorated with bifurcated serifs with embellished curls, a looped apex, a thin V-shaped crossbar with bifurcated serifs with embellished curls, and pierced legs. It sits on a criblé background enclosed in a frame.
Contributor:
Rembolt, Berthold; Parvus, Johannes (variant Petit, Jean)
Created:
1518
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
This floriated Romanesque wood-type initial is an F decorated with bifurcated serifs with curls, and hatched shading. It sits on a criblé background enclosed in a frame.
Contributor:
Rembolt, Berthold; Parvus, Johannes (variant Petit, Jean)
Created:
1518
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
This historiated (Adam and Eve) Romanesque wood-type initial is an I decorated with bifurcated serifs with curls, medial pierced rounded bump-outs, and hatched shading. It sits on a criblé background.
Contributor:
Rembolt, Berthold; Parvus, Johannes (variant Petit, Jean)
Created:
1518
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
This zoomorphic (two birds) Romanesque wood-type initial is an I decorated with bifurcated serifs with curls, medial pierced rounded bump-outs, and hatched shading. It sits on a criblé background.
Contributor:
Rembolt, Berthold; Parvus, Johannes (variant Petit, Jean)
Created:
1518
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
This zoomorphic (two lions) Romanesque wood-type initial is an I decorated with bifurcated serifs with curls, medial pierced rounded bump-outs, and hatched shading. It sits on a criblé background.
Contributor:
Rembolt, Berthold; Parvus, Johannes (variant Petit, Jean)
Created:
1518
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
This floriated Gothic wood-type initial is an I decorated with exaggerated bifurcated serifs with curls, notches, a medial pierced rounded bump-out, and hatched shading. It sits on a criblé background enclosed in a frame.
Contributor:
Rembolt, Berthold; Parvus, Johannes (variant Petit, Jean)
Created:
1518
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
This floriated Gothic wood-type initial is an M decorated with bifurcated serifs with embellished curls, medial pierced rounded bump-outs, splayed legs, scalloped apexes, a pointed vertex that sits above the baseline, and hatched shading. It sits on a criblé background enclosed in a frame.
Contributor:
Rembolt, Berthold; Parvus, Johannes (variant Petit, Jean)
Created:
1518
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
This floriated Gothic wood-type initial is an N decorated with line shade, bifurcated serifs with curls, medial pierced rounded bump-outs, and hatched shading. It sits on a criblé background enclosed in a frame.
Contributor:
Rembolt, Berthold; Parvus, Johannes (variant Petit, Jean)
Created:
1518
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
This floriated Gothic wood-type initial is a P decorated with bifurcated serifs with curls, pierced rounded bump-outs, an open bowl, and hatched shading. It sits on a criblé background enclosed in a mitered frame.
Contributor:
Rembolt, Berthold; Parvus, Johannes (variant Petit, Jean)
Created:
1518
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
This floriated Gothic wood-type initial is a P decorated with bifurcated serifs with curls, pierced rounded bump-outs, an open bowl, and hatched shading. It sits on a criblé background enclosed in a mitered frame.
Contributor:
Rembolt, Berthold; Parvus, Johannes (variant Petit, Jean)
Created:
1518
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
This floriated Gothic wood-type initial is a Q decorated with a bifurcated tail with embellished curls, pierced rounded bump-outs on the bowl, a ring embellishment, and hatched shading. It sits on a criblé background enclosed in a frame.
Contributor:
Rembolt, Berthold; Parvus, Johannes (variant Petit, Jean)
Created:
1518
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
This floriated Gothic wood-type initial is a Q decorated with a bifurcated tail with curls, pierced rounded bump-outs on the bowl, a ring embellishment, and hatched shading. It sits on a criblé background enclosed in a frame.
Contributor:
Rembolt, Berthold; Parvus, Johannes (variant Petit, Jean)
Created:
1518
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
This grotesque (three disembodied heads) Romanesque wood-type initial is an R decorated with line shade, bifurcated serifs with curls, medial pierced rounded bump-out, and an open bowl. It sits on a criblé background.
Contributor:
Rembolt, Berthold; Parvus, Johannes (variant Petit, Jean)
Created:
1518
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
This floriated Gothic wood-type initial is an S decorated with bifurcated serifs with embellished curls, and a pierced rounded bump-out on the spine. It sits on a criblé background enclosed in a frame.
Contributor:
Rembolt, Berthold; Parvus, Johannes (variant Petit, Jean)
Created:
1518
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
This floriated Gothic wood-type initial is an S decorated with line shade, bifurcated serifs with embellished curls, a pierced rounded bump-out on the spine, and hatched shading. It sits on a criblé background enclosed in a mitered frame.
Contributor:
Rembolt, Berthold; Parvus, Johannes (variant Petit, Jean)
Created:
1518
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
This inhabited (peasant playing a horn riding an unhappy creature) Romanesque wood-type initial is a P decorated with bifurcated serifs enclosing single dots, a bowl with a notch enclosing a single dot, rope embellishments, and a medial pierced rounded bump-out on the stem. It sits on a criblé background.
Contributor:
Rembolt, Berthold; Parvus, Johannes (variant Petit, Jean)
Created:
1518
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.