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[Calligraphic Slates 48]
No full textFormal "COLLEGE" in gold.Tiff file: 504 x 2055 pixels, 2.96 Mb; Display: jpeg, 168x800 pixels, 75dp
[Calligraphic Slates 10]
No full textUpper-case alphabet in gold and lower-case alphabet in red and numbers and symbols in blue with "a handwriting called Petrarch" and floral decoration below.Tiff file: 1653x1965 pixels, 18.6 Mb; Display: jpeg, 600x717 pixels, 75dp
[Stained Glass 07]
No full textSacred heart of Jesus represented by pink ball. Jesus wearing white robe and red sash with yellow halo above and showing wounds in hands. "Most sacred heart of Jesus have mercy on us" on glass.Tiff file: 1686x846 pixels, 5.1 Mb; Display: jpeg, 600x301 pixels, 75dp
[Calligraphy Broadsides 18]
No full textMixed media broadside with large "G" and other letters. Virgin Mary and Christ child inside of "G". "formal nonsense semiformal" written in pencil in lower left.Tiff file: 1704x2272 pixels, 11.1 Mb; Display: jpeg, 583x745 pixels, 75dp
[Calligraphy Broadsides 22]
No full textBroadside with large "C" and other flourish letters in purple, red and blue.Tiff file: 1704 x 2272 pixels, 11.1 Mb; Display: jpeg, 459 x 719 pixels, 75dp
[Calligraphy Broadsides 27]
No full textMixed media broadside with large "A" with other flourish and formal letters. Image of Virgin Mary and Jesus under "A" with letters "ARIG" on newspaper in upper right.Tiff file: 1704x 2272 pixels, 11.1 Mb; Display: jpeg, 580x730 pixels, 75dp
[Calligraphy Broadsides 07]
No full textBroadside with large "S" and flourish letter motif in blue, black, grey and red. Two lines of letter motif at right angles to STiff file: 1704 x 2272 pixels, 11.1 Mb; Display: jpeg, 571x728 pixels, 75dp
[Calligraphy Broadsides 05]
No full textBroadside. "G" in green, rust/orange, grayAmong those who are interested in the history of the Roman alphabet it is generally taken for granted that the letter shapes throughout Europe have been derived from inscriptions which were cut in stone during the Roman Imperiare. Of paramount importance among these monumental inscriptions is that on a tablet at the base of the TRAJAN column in Rome. Indeed it is dignity, the elegance, and the legibility of these inscriptions from the age of Emperor Augustus through that of Trajan and Hadrian that has given such general acceptance to the theory that they are the origins of subsequent letter shapes used in the western world. I cannot, however, accept that theory without some reservations. In fact, I reject that theory. Oct. 29 ’67 E. Catich
Inscription letters are carefully-made display letters (littera actuaria) written with the sign-writers brush by a librarius (book scribe) turned display-sign-writer. The display letter, littera acturia, in turn, was derived from the librarial bookhand, i.e, littera libraria, - the formal, restrained calligraphic script used in books.Tiff file: 1704 x 2272 pixels, 11.1 Mb; Display: jpeg, 604x687 pixels, 75dp
[Illuminated Initial Letters 002]
No full textInitial letter "H" with a man carrying painting canvas.Tiff file: 1263x976 pixels, 3.53 Mb; Display: jpeg, 316x244 pixels, 75dp
[Illuminated Initial Letters 011]
No full textInitial letter "B" with cherub holding sickle over calender with stars in background. Calendar is a reversed mirror image.Tiff file: 1392x1194 pixels, 4.76 Mb; Display: jpeg, 348x299 pixels, 75dp