This is a floriated Gothic wood-type initial 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 frame.
Contributor:
Printer: Badius Ascencus, Jodocus (variant Josse)
Created:
1511 - 1515
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
This is a floriated ornamental wood-type initial C adorned with rope-embellished line shade, bifurcated serifs with embellished curls, and hatched shading. It sits on a criblé background enclosed in a frame.
This floriated Gothic wood-type initial S is adorned with bifurcated serifs with curls, notches in serifs enclosing single dots, and pierced oval bump-outs. It sits on a criblé background.
Created:
1512
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
This floriated Romanesque H is a wood-type initial embellished with line shade, bifurcated serifs with curls, medial rounded bump-outs, and a pearl-indented crossbar. It sits on a criblé background enclosed in a frame.
Created:
1512
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
This floriated ornamental wood-type initial D is adorned with ring embellishments, and hatched shading. It sits on a criblé background enclosed in a frame.
This is a floriated Gothic wood-type initial Q decorated with a bifurcated tail with curls, a notched bowl, a pierced oval bump-out in the counter; and hatched shading. It sits on a criblé background.
Contributor:
Depratis, Nicolaus (variant Des Prez, Nicolas) (Printer)
Created:
1513
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
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.
This floriated Gothic wood-type initial A is decorated with line shade, bifurcated serifs with embellished curls, a right-leaning pointed apex, a crossbar with bifurcated serifs with embellished curls. It sits on a criblé background enclosed in a frame.
This floriated Gothic wood-type initial N is decorated with line shade, bifurcated serifs (some with curls), medial pierced rounded bump-outs, and hatched shading. It sits on a criblé background enclosed in a frame.
This zoomorphic (two unicorns) wood-type initial M is adorned with serifed apexes, splayed legs, a vertex that sits slightly above the baseline, and hatched shading. It is enclosed in a frame.
Contributor:
Froben, Jo[hann]
Created:
1520
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
This inhabited (female with leaves for arms) wood-type initial O is adorned with line shade, and hatched shading. It sits on a criblé background, and is enclosed in a frame.
Contributor:
Froben, Jo[hann]
Created:
1520
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
This inhabited (two children’s faces) H is a wood-type initial enhanced with line shade, a thin crossbar, hatched shading, and a hatched background. It is enclosed in a frame.
Contributor:
Froben, Jo[hann] (variant Jean)
Created:
1520
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
This inhabited (cherub) M is a wood-type initial enhanced with line shade, serifed apexes, straight legs, a pointed vertex that sits slightly above the baseline, and hatched shading. It is enclosed in a frame.
Contributor:
Froben, Jo[hann] (variant Jean)
Created:
1520
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
