This floriated Romanesque wood-type inital A is embellished with bifurcated serifs with curls, notches in some serifs that enclose single dots, a rounded apex, and a thin looped crossbar ending in bifurcated serifs. It sits on a criblé background. Handwritten attribution on front.
Created:
1514
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
This floriated Romanesque wood-type inital A is embellished with line shade, a serifed extended apex with a rounded bump-out above, bifurcated serifs with curls where the notches enclose single dots, and a thin V-shaped crossbar with a hooked vertex above the baseline. It sits on a criblé background.
Created:
1514
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
This floriated Gothic wood-type inital A is embellished with bifurcated serifs with curls, a serifed extended apex where the notches in the serifs enclose single dots, and a V-shaped thin crossbar ending in curls. It sits on a criblé background.
Created:
1514
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
This floriated Gothic wood-type inital B is adorned with line shade, bifurcated serifs, bowls with notches that enclose single dots, and a thin slightly curved crossbar. It sits on a criblé background.
Created:
1514
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
This floriated Gothic wood-type inital B is adorned with line shade, bifurcated serifs, medial rounded bump-outs, an entwined crossbar that ends in leaves, and the junction of the bowl doesn't meet the stem. It sits on a criblé background.
Created:
1514
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
This floriated Gothic wood-type inital V is enhanced by line shade, bifurcated serifs with curls, rounded bump-outs, a pointed vertex, and hatched shading. It sits on a criblé background.
Created:
1514
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
This floriated Romanesque wood-type inital T is decorated with bifurcated serifs, notches in the serifs that enclose single dots, and a curved arm. It sits on a criblé background.
Created:
1514
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
This floriated Romanesque wood-type inital T is decorated with bifurcated serifs with curls, notches in the serifs that enclose single dots, and a curved arm. It sits on a criblé background.
Created:
1514
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
This floriated Gothic wood-type inital T is decorated with line shade, bifurcated serifs with curls, and medial rounded bump-outs. Notches in the serifs enclose single dots, The letter sits on a criblé background.
Created:
1514
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
This floriated Gothic wood-type inital И (backward N) is embellished with bifurcated serifs with curls; notches in serifs that enclose single dots, and a thin diagonal with triangluar bump-outs. It sits on a criblé background. This is an И printed sideways to mimic an S.
Created:
1514
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.