THE BOOK OF ORNAMENTAL ALPHABETS, Ancient and Mediæval, FROM THE EIGHTH CENTURY. WITH NUMERALS, INCLUDING Gothic; Church Text, Large and Small; German Arabesque; Initials for Illumination, MONOGRAMS, CROSSES, &c., FOR THE USE OF ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING DRAUGHTSMEN, MASONS, DECORATIVE PAINTERS, LITHOGRAPHERS, ENGRAVERS, CARVERS, &c. COLLECTED AND ENGRAVED BY F. DELAMOTTE. SIXTEENTH EDITION [Illustration: Capio Lumen] LONDON: CROSBY LOCKWOOD AND SON, 7, STATIONERS' HALL COURT. 1914. PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION. As there are no works of Ancient Alphabets of any excellence published in a cheap form, I have been induced, after many years' study and research in my profession as a Draughtsman and Engraver, to offer this collection to the favourable notice of the public, trusting that its very moderate price and general usefulness will be a sufficient apology for the undertaking. The demand for a Fourth Edition within so short a period of the publication of the Third, has convinced me in the most agreeable manner that it has been a work required by the public. To render it still more worthy of their attention, I have here introduced some additions, likely to enhance the interest and increase the value of the pages, as an indication of the esteem in which I have held the encouragement, and the respect I have paid to the suggestions of the purchasers of this book, and the critics by whom it has been so liberally reviewed. INDEX. PAGE 8TH CENTURY. VATICAN 1 8TH CENTURY. BRITISH MUSEUM 2 8TH AND 9TH CENTURIES. ANGLO-SAXON 3 9TH CENTURY. FROM AN ANGLO-SAXON MS. BATTEL ABBEY 4 FROM MS. LIBRARY OF MINERVA, ROME 5 10TH CENTURY. BRITISH MUSEUM 6 11TH CENTURY AND NUMERALS 7 12TH CENTURY. FROM THE MAZARIN BIBLE 8 12TH CENTURY. TWO SMALL. BRITISH MUSEUM 9 12TH CENTURY. BRITISH MUSEUM 10 12TH CENTURY. BODLEIAN LIBRARY 11 13TH CENTURY. HENRY III. WESTMINSTER ABBEY 12 13TH CENTURY. FROM LATIN MS 13 13TH CENTURY. MS 14 14TH CENTURY. DATE ABOUT 1340 15 14TH CENTURY. BRITISH MUSEUM 16 14TH CENTURY. ILLUMINATED MS 17 14TH CENTURY. RICHARD II. 1400. WESTMINSTER ABBEY 18 14TH CENTURY. RICHARD II. 1400. SMALL. WESTMINSTER ABBEY 19 14TH CENTURY. BRITISH MUSEUM 20 14TH CENTURY. FROM MS. MUNICH 21 14TH AND 15TH CENTURIES. TWO SMALL. BRITISH MUSEUM 22 1475. BRITISH MUSEUM 23 1480. BRITISH MUSEUM 24 1490. BRITISH MUSEUM 25 HENRY VII. WESTMINSTER ABBEY 26 15TH AND 16TH CENTURIES. GERMAN 27 15TH AND 16TH CENTURIES. GERMAN. SMALL 28 15TH AND 16TH CENTURIES. ORNAMENTAL RIBBON 29 16TH CENTURY. HENRY VIII. MS 30 16TH CENTURY. FROM ITALIAN MS 31 16TH CENTURY. FROM ALBERT DURER'S PRAYER BOOK. LARGE 32 16TH CENTURY. ALBERT DURER'S PRAYER BOOK 33 16TH CENTURY. VATICAN 34 16TH CENTURY. GOTHIC. MS 35 16TH CENTURY. GOTHIC 36 16TH CENTURY. GOTHIC. MS 37 16TH CENTURY. LARGE, SMALL, AND NUMERALS. FRENCH. MS 38 17TH CENTURY. MS 39 17TH CENTURY. CHURCH TEXT. MS 40 GERMAN ARABESQUE 41 GERMAN ARABESQUE. SMALL 42 METAL ORNAMENTAL 43 INITIALS 44 INITIALS 45 15TH CENTURY 46 INITIALS 47 NUMERALS 48 NUMERALS 49 16TH CENTURY 50 16TH CENTURY 51 16TH CENTURY. FROM WOOD ENGRAVINGS 52 MONOGRAMS, CROSSES, &C. 53 [Illustration: 8th Century. Vatican.] [Illustration: 8th Century. British Museum.] [Illustration: 8th and 9th Centuries. Anglo-Saxon.] [Illustration: 9th Century. From an Anglo-Saxon MS. Battel Abbey.] [Illustration: From MS. Library of Minerva, Rome.] [Illustration: 10th Century. British Museum.] [Illustration: 11th Century, and Numerals.] [Illustration: 12th Century. From the Mazarin Bible.] [Illustration: 12th Century. British Museum.] [Illustration: 12th Century. British Museum.] [Illustration: 12th Century. Bodleian Library.] [Illustration: 13th Century. Henry the Third. Westminster Abbey.] [Illustration: 13th Century. From Latin MS.] [Illustration: 13th Century. MS.] [Illustration: 14th Century. Date about 1340.] [Illustration: 14th Century. British Museum.] [Illustration: 14th Century. Illuminated MS.] [Illustration: 14th Century. Richard the Second. 1400. Westminster Abbey.] [Illustration: 14th Century. Richard the Second. 1400. Small. Westminster Abbey.] [Illustration: 14th Century. British Museum.] [Illustration: 14th Century. From MS. Munich.] [Illustration: 14th and 15th Centuries. Two Small. British Museum.] [Illustration: 1475. British Museum.] [Illustration: 1480. British Museum.] [Illustration: 1490. British Museum.] [Illustration: Henry the Seventh. Westminster Abbey.] [Illustration: 15th and 16th Centuries. German.] [Illustration: 15th and 16th Centuries. German. Small.] [Illustration: 15th and 16th Centuries. Ornamental Riband.] [Illustration: 16th Century. Henry the Eighth. MS.] [Illustration: 16th Century. From Italian MS.] [Illustration: 16th Century. Albert Durer's Prayer Book. Large.] [Illustration: 16th Century. Albert Durer's Prayer Book.] [Illustration: 16th Century. Vatican.] [Illustration: 16th Century. Gothic. MS.] [Illustration: 16th Century. Gothic.] [Illustration: 16th Century. Gothic. MS.] [Illustration: 16th Century. Large, Small, and Numerals. French. MS.] [Illustration: 17th Century. MS.] [Illustration: 17th Century. Church Text. MS.] [Illustration: German Arabesque.] [Illustration: German Arabesque. Small.] [Illustration: Metal Ornamental.] [Illustration: Initials.] [Illustration: Initials.] [Illustration: 15th Century.] [Illustration: Initials.] [Illustration: Numerals.] [Illustration: Numerals.] [Illustration: 16th Century.] [Illustration: 16th Century.] [Illustration: 16th Century. From Wood Engravings.] [Illustration: Monograms, Crosses, &c.] --- Provided by LoyalBooks.com ---