#Initials

[cuties-in-codices]

entanglements

full-page "L" initial from the "troppauer evangeliar" (the evangeliary made by johannes of troppau), prague, c. 1368

source: Vienna, ÖNB, Cod. 1182, fol. 2r

[violet-foxe]

Oh. My. Gosh.

I just found out that Bruce Wayne's middle name is Thomas.

His initials are BTW. FREAKING BTW.

I'm just imagining that he wrote his initials down on something as a signature and Tim sees and just stares at him for a long moment before opening the family group chat

Tim: btw

Jason: by the way what?

Tim: btw, btw is Bruce's initials

Tim: none of us have figured this out before.

Tim: we have failed as detectives

[riesenfeldcenter]

A mixed bag of letters and animals (featuring a couple of dragons!) from a beautiful 1525 book of Canon law. Someone please make these decorated initials into Bananagrams tiles.

[uwmspeccoll]

Typography Tuesday

More De Vinne Initials

This week we present a few more initials from Types of the De Vinne Press, published in New York by the De Vinne Press in 1907. The press was founded in 1883 by Theodore Low De Vinne (1828-1914), a co-founder of the prestigious Grolier Club and one of the leading commercial printers of his day, whose enterprise had a profound influence on American printing and typography.

De Vinne defines the initial as:

A large or ornamented letter at the beginning of a chapter or paragraph, as high as many lines of the text type by its side, and lining neatly with its first and last lines . . . .

He further states that "A proper initial at the beginning of a first paragraph always gives attractiveness to the composition. It is the feature that first catches the eye." These initials certainly do.

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[upennmanuscripts]

Trying something new with #MiniatureMonday! Today's miniatures are from Ms. Codex 873, a notarized copy of baptismal, marriage, and property records of the Cosio Gomez family of Lores, Spain, dating from 1620 to 1795, with a petition to King Carlos IV to extend the title of the family to the heirs of Santiago de Cosio Gomez. Written in Palencia in northern Spain and finished on May 1, 1795, this little book is full of initials illustrated with miniatures of village scenes in the background. Delightful!

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[poetryofmuses]

I was so obsessed with him, I used to write his initials on my wrist.

[dozydawn]

[taytaay131313]

K.K & T.S 👯‍♀️

[kwyw]

Not the K+T boots shown with the dancing in the snowglobe… 😏

(Plus the fox peeking out of the boots… the I Know Places/Cowboy Like Me of it all…)

[oldinterneticons]

[artstfuff]

Initials from Lexicon graecolatinvm (Greek-Latin lexicon), second half of the 16th century

[cuties-in-codices]

various types of guys in initials

in the "chansonnier de zeghere van male", an illuminated songbook, bruges, c. 1542

source: Cambrai, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 128

[xxprincipessanotturnaxx]

I think his initial would look good hanging from my neck

*high girl thoughts*

[hardcorecoiledwirefacilityowner]

MAN YOUR TAPE RELATED COMPUTERS MUST BE SPINNING AND WHIRING TRYING TO COUNT THE HARD ASSETS HERE JUST FOR THE INITIAL REPORT. MAKE SURE THEY DON'T CATCH ON FIRE SPINNING SO MUCH SO FAST. ARE YOU SURE THOSE AREN'T PUNCH CARD RELATED COMPUTE DEVICOS?

Devise

DEVICE

DEVICES

VCR VCR DVD DVD CD CD COMPACT DISC CD COMPACT DISC CD INITIALS ABBREVIATIONS ACRONYMS

[uwmspeccoll]

Typography Tuesday

Today, we complete the initials from Some Examples of the Work of American Designers, edited and arranged by J. M. Bowles. Shown here from top to bottom are:

A - Ralph Fletcher Seymour

C - Walter D. Teague

M - Guernsey Moore

O - Frederic Goudy

P - Charles E. Howell

T - Egbert G. Jacobson

W - Carlton D. Ellinger

Y - Bruce Rogers

Some Examples of the Work of American Designers was printed in Philadelphia by Edward Stern & Co. for Dill & Collins Co. Papermakers in 1918 on thirty styles of paper manufactured by Dill & Collins Co in Philadelphia.

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