This grotesque (two creatures with men’s heads, leaves for arms and large tails) wood-type initial is an incised I with hatched shading. It is enclosed in a mitered frame.
Contributor:
Froben, Io [Johann]; Holbein, Hans d.J. (the Younger)
Created:
1518
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
This floriated Gothic wood-type initial is a V adorned with bifurcated serifs with embellished curls, pierced rounded bump-outs, and a pointed vertex. It sits on a criblé background enclosed in a frame.
Contributor:
Parvus, Johannes (variant Petit, Jean); Klein, Johannes (Parvus, Joannes)
Created:
1518
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
This floriated Gothic wood-type initial is an N embellished 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:
Parvus, Johannes (variant Petit, Jean); Klein, Johannes (Parvus, Joannes)
Created:
1518
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
This grotesque ornamental (face hidden in the bowl) Gothic wood-type initial is a C embellished with one bifurcated serif with embellished curls, and hatched shading. It sits on a criblé background enclosed in a frame.
Contributor:
Parvus, Johannes (variant Petit, Jean); Klein, Johannes (Parvus, Joannes)
Created:
1518
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
This floriated Gothic wood-type initial is a P adorned with bifurcated serifs, pierced rounded bump-outs, an open bowl, and hatched shading. It sits on a criblé background enclosed in a frame.
Contributor:
Parvus, Johannes (variant Petit, Jean); Klein, Johannes (Parvus, Joannes)
Created:
1518
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.