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English: Ornamental latin alphabet from the 16th century, missing the letters J, O, W, X and Z.

Vectorized with Inkscape from the original scan at [1], then restored for optimal appearance.

Letter illustrations:

  • A: Head of a bird and two snakes
  • B: King and devil
  • C: Bird riding a wild boar
  • D: Plant
  • E: Dragon
  • F: Bird and flower
  • G: Dog
  • H: Walking person
  • I: Winged dog and lizard
  • K: Grotesque masks
  • L: Piper wearing a hat in the shape of a bird
  • M: Lion and thistle
  • N: Fish in king's garb
  • P: Pelican
  • Q: Bird or dragon
  • R: Masks and faces
  • S: Lizard in king's garb
  • T: Two griffins
  • V: Jester
  • U: Sun
  • Y: Small animal and plants
Français : Alphabet latin ornemental du XVIe siècle, dont les lettres J, O, W, X et Z sont manquantes.
Date 16th century
date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Source Delamotte, F.: “Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval” (1879) - provided by From Old Books
Author Delamotte, F., vectorized & restored by JovanCormac
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current23:00, 31 July 2022Thumbnail for version as of 23:00, 31 July 20221,000 × 486 (788 KB)Smasongarrisonslimmed down with svgomg // Editing SVG source code using c:User:Rillke/SVGedit.js
15:42, 3 August 2009Thumbnail for version as of 15:42, 3 August 20091,000 × 486 (1.11 MB)JovanCormacRearranged the guts of the SVG's XML for better internal layout
14:03, 29 July 2009Thumbnail for version as of 14:03, 29 July 20091,000 × 486 (1.11 MB)JovanCormacI just keep finding little things to fix...
15:21, 28 July 2009Thumbnail for version as of 15:21, 28 July 20091,000 × 486 (1.11 MB)JovanCormacGrid is now perfectly rectangular
11:40, 28 July 2009Thumbnail for version as of 11:40, 28 July 20091,000 × 490 (1.1 MB)JovanCormacAnother one
11:35, 28 July 2009Thumbnail for version as of 11:35, 28 July 20091,000 × 490 (1.1 MB)JovanCormacYet another optimization that is so minuscule it's hard to see
09:21, 28 July 2009Thumbnail for version as of 09:21, 28 July 20091,000 × 490 (1.1 MB)JovanCormacFound another little speck of dust. Hope this is the last edit.
08:18, 28 July 2009Thumbnail for version as of 08:18, 28 July 20091,000 × 490 (1.1 MB)JovanCormac... and another one
07:57, 28 July 2009Thumbnail for version as of 07:57, 28 July 20091,000 × 490 (1.1 MB)JovanCormacA few more last fixes
07:38, 28 July 2009Thumbnail for version as of 07:38, 28 July 20091,000 × 490 (1.11 MB)JovanCormacDid a thorough restoration of the entire image, restoring the borders, fixing holes & tears as well as realigning the letters into a grid.
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