Category:Historiated initials

**historiated initial**
	decorative feature of mediaeval manuscripts Historiated initial "D" (for Latin dentes "teeth") depicting a man pulling a tooth
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A historiated initial is an enlarged letter at the beginning of a paragraph or other section of text, which contains a picture. (Wikipedia)

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Historiated initials from illuminated manuscripts (244 F)

Media in category "Historiated initials"

The following 130 files are in this category, out of 130 total.

494-ornate letters WE.jpg 367 × 429; 90 KB
A from Libro de la cosmographia, 1548.svg 613 × 617; 138 KB
A short biographical dictionary of English literature, title 1.jpeg 1,864 × 3,022; 1.12 MB
Abbaye ND Soissons I 18220.jpg 649 × 611; 404 KB
Abbaye Soissons D 18223.jpg 589 × 583; 368 KB
Apologia de barbis manuscript, opening page.jpg 500 × 725; 516 KB
Attributed to Joshua Master, Death of the Virgin, c. 1410, NGA 39792.jpg 4,000 × 3,795; 19.43 MB
B from Booke of the Common Prayer, 1549, with Balaam’s ass and the angel.svg 521 × 509; 165 KB
Bikfalvi.jpg 1,340 × 1,740; 1,002 KB
British Library Margaret of York before the resurrected Christ, Additional 7970, f. 2r.jpeg 3,556 × 4,916; 12.61 MB
C from De antiquitatibus urbis Romae, 1549, with wrestlers.svg 559 × 653; 272 KB
C from De coloribus, 1548, with boar hunt.svg 776 × 786; 564 KB
C from De lumbricis alvum occupantibus, 1547.svg 788 × 811; 321 KB
C from Libro de la cosmographia, 1548.svg 669 × 720; 331 KB
D from Manuale sacramentorum, 1547, 2.svg 405 × 387; 71 KB
D from Manuale sacramentorum, 1547.svg 408 × 393; 70 KB
D from Serlio 1551, with Aristotle and Phyllis.svg 806 × 802; 751 KB
De re diplomatica Colbert C 17768.jpg 608 × 628; 318 KB
Diplomatica C 17769.jpg 715 × 742; 510 KB
Diplomatica E 17773.jpg 715 × 737; 365 KB
Diplomatica I 17777.jpg 732 × 781; 457 KB
Diplomatica N 17770.jpg 594 × 583; 278 KB
Diplomatica P 17776.jpg 676 × 721; 384 KB
Diplomatique A 18444.jpg 371 × 356; 122 KB
Diplomatique I 18467.jpg 380 × 374; 214 KB
Diplomatique L 18455.jpg 401 × 418; 254 KB
Diplomatique L 18456.jpg 413 × 396; 250 KB
Diplomatique T3 f 18021.jpg 290 × 276; 97 KB
Diplomatique T3 L 18022.jpg 467 × 468; 273 KB
Démia - Reglemens pour les ecoles De la Ville & Diocese de Lyon. - Suivi des Remonstrances à MM. du clergé - Avis important touchant l'établissement d'une espèce de séminaire (page 139 Lettrine Q).jpg 375 × 371; 35 KB
E from Libro de la cosmographia, 1548, with bagpipes.svg 476 × 551; 183 KB
E from Petrarch, 1549, with ships and winds.svg 873 × 856; 612 KB
Elizabeth Elstob.jpg 707 × 811; 369 KB
F from Anno tertio Henrici Octavi, 1546.svg 402 × 395; 190 KB
F from De Romanis Magistratibus, 1550, with man caught by bear.svg 366 × 355; 129 KB
FamHis043initialT.png 2,856 × 2,680; 7.84 MB
FamHis045.png 2,309 × 3,138; 3.32 MB
FamHis045border.png 2,309 × 3,138; 1.26 MB
FamHis045init.png 1,565 × 1,685; 3.28 MB
FamHis047initialT.png 1,315 × 1,485; 1.64 MB
FamHis047ornament.png 3,900 × 1,510; 2.06 MB
FamHis050.png 1,720 × 2,040; 3.1 MB
FamHis051.png 1,915 × 2,490; 2.1 MB
FamHis051border.png 1,915 × 2,490; 905 KB
FamHis055.png 3,680 × 3,630; 5.16 MB
FamHis055init.png 2,370 × 2,940; 8.51 MB
FamHis062.png 2,040 × 2,527; 4.19 MB
FamHis062init.png 1,804 × 2,113; 4.33 MB
FamHis065.png 2,100 × 2,415; 5.8 MB
FamHis070.png 2,309 × 3,138; 1.05 MB
FamHis072.png 2,309 × 3,138; 959 KB
FamHis074.png 2,145 × 960; 793 KB
FamHis074init.png 2,220 × 2,580; 5.54 MB
FamHis076.png 2,060 × 2,320; 5.69 MB
FamHis077.png 2,309 × 3,138; 2.46 MB
FamHis077border.png 2,309 × 3,138; 901 KB
FamHis077initM.png 2,976 × 2,800; 7.67 MB
FamHis083.png 2,309 × 3,138; 1.09 MB
FamHis083initA.png 2,100 × 2,320; 4.9 MB
FamHis087.png 2,309 × 3,138; 879 KB
FamHis090.png 2,115 × 1,530; 1 MB
FamHis090init.png 2,170 × 2,375; 6.53 MB
FamHis091.png 2,255 × 2,095; 950 KB
FamHis091init.png 2,085 × 2,475; 6.05 MB
FamHis093.png 2,309 × 3,138; 3.33 MB
MS Laud Misc 165 fol 5.png 2,032 × 3,072; 13.93 MB
MS Laud Misc 165 fol 59.png 2,032 × 3,072; 16.01 MB
G from Boke Made by John Fryth.svg 633 × 682; 202 KB
H from De lumbricis alvum occupantibus, 1547.svg 821 × 823; 289 KB
H from Libro de la cosmographia, 1548.svg 329 × 323; 47 KB
H from Serlio 1551.svg 642 × 644; 418 KB
Howells, Stops of Various Quills, 1895 001 large e.jpg 260 × 261; 93 KB
Howells, Stops of Various Quills, 1895 003 large b.jpg 294 × 285; 73 KB
Howells, Stops of Various Quills, 1895 005 large b.jpg 283 × 276; 87 KB
Howells, Stops of Various Quills, 1895 007 large b.jpg 282 × 300; 91 KB
Howells, Stops of Various Quills, 1895 009 large b.jpg 273 × 271; 85 KB
Howells, Stops of Various Quills, 1895 011 large b.jpg 280 × 300; 87 KB
Howells, Stops of Various Quills, 1895 013 large b.jpg 263 × 266; 78 KB
Howells, Stops of Various Quills, 1895 019 large b.jpg 279 × 288; 87 KB
Howells, Stops of Various Quills, 1895 021 large b.jpg 283 × 290; 95 KB
Howells, Stops of Various Quills, 1895 025 large b.jpg 293 × 313; 87 KB
Howells, Stops of Various Quills, 1895 033 large b.jpg 274 × 282; 76 KB
Howells, Stops of Various Quills, 1895 035 large b.jpg 276 × 274; 81 KB
Howells, Stops of Various Quills, 1895 037 large b.jpg 214 × 220; 60 KB
Howells, Stops of Various Quills, 1895 041 large b.jpg 274 × 280; 76 KB
Howells, Stops of Various Quills, 1895 043 large b.jpg 282 × 282; 80 KB
Howells, Stops of Various Quills, 1895 045 large b.jpg 263 × 273; 74 KB
Howells, Stops of Various Quills, 1895 047 large b.jpg 263 × 256; 68 KB
Howells, Stops of Various Quills, 1895 051 large b.jpg 284 × 280; 79 KB
Howells, Stops of Various Quills, 1895 065 large b.jpg 276 × 284; 74 KB
Howells, Stops of Various Quills, 1895 077 large b.jpg 280 × 280; 78 KB
Howells, Stops of Various Quills, 1895 101 large b.jpg 276 × 276; 76 KB
I 16972.jpg 486 × 470; 292 KB
I from Anno tertio Henrici Octavi, 1546.svg 397 × 400; 165 KB
Kentish Gazette (4).JPG 2,596 × 2,312; 2.71 MB
L 16974.jpg 462 × 429; 260 KB
L from Libro de la cosmographia, 1548.svg 498 × 560; 152 KB
L from Roma Antica.svg 645 × 654; 318 KB
M from Cosmographia 1551.svg 884 × 878; 478 KB
M from Dodechordon, 1547.svg 385 × 383; 409 KB
M from Manuale sacramentorum, 1547.svg 386 × 392; 73 KB
Madrid, Biblioteca Real Academia de la Historia, Códices 10(2) olim F 181 and 7, folio 123v.jpg 395 × 407; 64 KB
Illustated initial of Marfleet church c.1840 (Poulson).jpg 403 × 281; 48 KB
Nouveau traité de Diplomatique A 17012.jpg 314 × 300; 108 KB
Nouveau traité Diplomatique TII N 18528.jpg 310 × 324; 164 KB
O from Petrarch, 1549, with musician and lions.svg 873 × 856; 514 KB
P from Lexicon Graæcolatinum, 1548.svg 433 × 427; 218 KB
P from L’Idea del theatro, 1550, with hunting scene.svg 618 × 609; 387 KB
P from Serlio 1551 2.svg 640 × 644; 391 KB
Q from De lumbricis alvum occupantibus, 1547.svg 607 × 666; 241 KB
Q from Libro de la cosmographia, 1548.svg 572 × 560; 197 KB
R from Manuale sacramentorum, 1547.svg 401 × 381; 81 KB
Robert Grosseteste.jpg 437 × 400; 69 KB
S from Il Viluppo, 1547, 02.svg 556 × 560; 271 KB
S from Il Viluppo, 1547.svg 416 × 423; 169 KB
S from Manuale sacramentorum, 1547.svg 408 × 384; 79 KB
Salomon observant les astres (cropped).jpg 458 × 470; 113 KB
Salomon observant les astres.jpg 512 × 697; 161 KB
T from Dodechordon, 1547.svg 387 × 379; 216 KB
T from Gramatticae institutiones, 1550.svg 317 × 307; 52 KB
T from Manuale sacramentorum, 1547.svg 410 × 382; 69 KB
T from Petrartch, 1549.svg 679 × 673; 231 KB
The Life of Saint Cajetan Drop Initial page 9.svg 410 × 713; 129 KB
Tomaxo Spinnoa 1614 (page 39 crop) R.jpg 269 × 251; 32 KB
V from De Romanis Magistratibus, 1550, with man riding lion.svg 365 × 349; 126 KB
Wenceslas Hollar - Dance of Death capitals.jpg 2,771 × 4,153; 3.51 MB
X from Xenophon, 1548.svg 559 × 567; 271 KB
Біблія Скарыны. Буквіца (01).jpg 200 × 279; 44 KB
Біблія Скарыны. Буквіца (02).jpg 200 × 278; 46 KB
Біблія Скарыны. Буквіца (03).jpg 200 × 269; 40 KB