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[Stations of the Cross 02]
No full textJesus carrying his cross with his head up. Red wooden cross with painted image on masonite affixed. Photographed on black background.Tiff file: 2272x1704 pixels, 11.1 Mb; Display: jpeg, 600x450 pixels, 72dp
[Calligraphic Slates 34]
No full textTrajan "STRIAC" in gold and silver.Tiff file: 846 x 2097 pixels, 5.08 Mb; Display: jpeg, 300x800 pixels, 75dp
[Pictorial Slates 32]
No full textHead of Mary in silver with golden halo wearing pink and blue necklace.Tiff file: 1977 x 1251 pixels, 7.08 Mb; Display: jpeg, 600x366 pixels, 75dp
[Stained Glass 14]
No full textMadonna and Christ child. Mary in white robe and yellow halo. Jesus in green robe and red and yellow halo.Tiff file: 1704x1084 pixels, 5.28 Mb; Display: jpeg, 600x375 pixels, 75dp
[Stained Glass 09]
No full textJesus wearing white cloth crucified on large red cross with "INRI" above. Many multicolored serpents surround cross.Tiff file: 1828x1256 pixels, 6.57 Mb; Display: jpeg, 600x407 pixels, 75dp
[Stained Glass 06]
No full textSacred heart of Jesus in blue. Jesus as a young boy wearing crown of thorns and showing pink wounds in hands.Tiff file: 1595x968 pixels, 4.42 Mb; Display: jpeg, 600x338 pixels, 75dp
[Calligraphy Broadsides 16]
No full textMixed media broadside with large "R" and flourish letter motif. Image of Virgin Mary holding up Christ child. "DFR" painted over newspaper.Tiff file: 1704x2272 pixels, 11.1 Mb; Display: jpeg, 579x800 pixels, 75dp
[Calligraphy Broadsides 32]
No full textMixed media broadside with large grey "G" with other flourish letters. Virgin Mary and Christ child inside "G".Tiff file: 1704x2272 pixels, 11.1 Mb; Display: jpeg, 598x740 pixels, 74dp
[Calligraphy Broadsides 10]
No full textBroadside with large "Y" and flourish letter motif in blue, brown, pink and yellow.Tiff file: 1704x2272 pixels, 11.1 Mb; Display: jpeg, 569x 770 pixels, 75dp
[Calligraphy Broadsides 24]
No full textMixed media broadsideThe ancient, Roman inscription maker was, in reality, what we today in Chicago call a sign writer; mind, not a sign painter but a sign writer. The distinction is a simple one. The sign writer works in the same shop and belongs to the same union as the painter and both make signs. Their working methods differ. The sign writer does just that; he writes out his signs directly without retouching or retracing his brush sstrokes, i.e., he makes his letters directly and completely just as one does who writes a letter to friend. Naturally the brush writers letters are larger and better made than those we put on note paper. The sign painter however outlines, fills-in, & builds-up his letters. Such lettering may be seen on highway bulletins, gold-leaf window signs, etc.
The letters at the bottom of this page, written in a brush, show some of the basic strokes used by the Roman inscription writer when laying out his inscriptipton preparatory to chiseling that inscription in stone. For each stroke on these letters a different color (acrylic base) is used to show exactly what these strokes look like and how they overlap each other.Tiff file: 1704 x 2272 pixels, 11.1 Mb; Display: jpeg, 583x737 pixels, 75dp