02622cam a22003733u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003701000130007804000110009104100170010205000060011910000200012524501400014524601150028526400510040030000470045133600260049833700260052433800360055050000310058650802090061752011650082653400530199165300190204465300130206365300220207665300160209885600720211485600430218699900190222965847UtSlPG20260610134523.0mcr n260607r20211908utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  a08012798  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aZ1 aJennings, Oscar10aEarly Woodcut Initials :bContaining over Thirteen Hundred Reproductions of Ornamental Letters of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries1 aEarly Woodcut Initials
Containing over 1300 Reproductions of Ornamental Letters of the 15th and 16th Centuries 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2021  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2021-07-15  aCharlene Taylor, Harry Lamé and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)  a"Early Woodcut Initials" by Oscar Jennings is a scholarly examination of ornamental letters used in book printing, written in the early 20th century. This work contains over thirteen hundred reproductions of initial letters from the 15th and 16th centuries, meticulously selected and annotated to illuminate their artistic and historical significance. Jennings aims to address the underappreciated role of these initials in early printed books, advocating for their recognition as integral elements of book design.  The opening of the work presents transcriber’s notes and a preface where Jennings outlines the growing interest in early printing and decorations in books while emphasizing the overlooked importance of initial letters among engravings. He reflects on the historical context and evolution of ornamental initials, describing their artistic intent in contrast to mere illustrations. Jennings introduces the idea that a specialized study on these artistic letters is necessary, suggesting that although progress has been made in documenting them, much work remains to fully appreciate their richness. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cUK: Methuen and Co., 1908  aWood-engraving  aInitials  aIllustrated books  aBlock books4 uhttps://archive.org/details/earlywoodcutinit00jenn/page/n9/mode/2up40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65847  c106669d106669