Among the glories of surviving medieval manuscripts are illuminated ornaments in which florals, animals, human figures, and other motifs intertwine to form extraordinarily beautiful, decorative letters. This collection includes 296 of these permission-free images. A practical archive of usable lettering, these lovely illustrations also offer a wonderful glimpse of the ancient art of manuscript illumination. Dover Original.
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Full-Color Medieval Ornament CD-ROM and Book by Dover Selected from 19th-century reprints of medieval manuscripts, these 355 authentic, royalty-free motifs depict birds, florals, animals, geometric images, and letters of the alphabet embellished with flowers, mythical beasts, and whimsical figures.
Full-Color Celtic Decorative Letters CD-ROM and Book by Mallory Pearce, Jennifer Krebs Unusual collection features eye-catching letters of the alphabet incorporating a variety of traditional Celtic images. Woven into intricate patterns are half-human mythical figures, florals, animal life, and highly stylized serpentine motifs. 307 color illustrations.
120 Great Paintings from Medieval Illuminated Books Platinum DVD and Book by Carol Belanger Grafton Drawn from manuscripts dating back to the 8th century, these medieval images range from biblical scenes and mythical beasts to knights in armor. Each painting can be printed at poster size and you can play a slideshow of the images on your TV or computer.
Classic Full-Color Illuminated Borders CD-ROM and Book by Dover 119 lovely examples of illuminated borders and letters display exotic plants, animals and mythical creatures in brilliant colors. A dazzling treasury of rare chromolithographic art.
Full-Color Japanese Textile Designs CD-ROM and Book by C. Estrade Nearly 200 subtle, classically beautiful patterns depict abstracts, florals, insects, geometrics, and other images — all reproduced from the finest Japanese textiles. 187 full-color illustrations.
Letters & Alphabets by Dover Selected from dozens of rare sources, these 484 black-and-white and 150 color illustrations display the infinite ingenuity of designers in embellishing letters of the alphabet with florals, animals, figures, abstracts, and other motifs.
