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From the British Museum, Cottonian Library Nero D. 4. Drawn and Etched by Henry Shaw; Published in London by William Pickering, Chancery Lane, April 1, 1831. Image 36 from Illuminated ornaments: selected from manuscripts and early printed books, from the sixth to the seventeenth centuries. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/illuminatedornam00shaw/page/n35/mode/1upFrom Illuminated Drawings of the 11th Century. In the Possession of William Young Ouley, Esquire, F.S.A. Published in London by William Pickering, Chancery Lane, April 1, 1831. Image 43 from Illuminated ornaments: selected from manuscripts and early printed books, from the sixth to the seventeenth centuries. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/illuminatedornam00shaw/page/n43/mode/1upColumn capitals from a folio volume written on thick vellum, in the mid 12th century, containing the books of Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Kings. From the British Museum, Royal M.S. I, C VII. Published in London by William Pickering, Chancery Lane, June 1, 1832. Image 52 from Illuminated ornaments: selected from manuscripts and early printed books, from the sixth to the seventeenth centuries. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/illuminatedornam00shaw/page/n52/mode/1upFrom a Missal in the possession of the Right Honourable Lord Braybrooke. London. Published by W. Pickering, Chancery Lane. Image 87 from Illuminated ornaments: selected from manuscripts and early printed books, from the sixth to the seventeenth centuries. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/illuminatedornam00shaw/page/n87/mode/1upFrom a Missal in the possession of the Right Honourable Lord Braybrooke. London. Published by W. Pickering, Chancery Lane. Image 89 from Illuminated ornaments: selected from manuscripts and early printed books, from the sixth to the seventeenth centuries. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/illuminatedornam00shaw/page/n89/mode/1upOrnaments from a Manuscript formerly in the Vatican executed for Pope Innocent 8th between the years 1454 and 1492. In the Possession of William Young Ouley, Esquire, F.S.A. Published by W. Pickering, Chancery Lane. Image 185 from Illuminated ornaments: selected from manuscripts and early printed books, from the sixth to the seventeenth centuries. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/illuminatedornam00shaw/page/n185/mode/1upFrom the Sforziada printed at Milan by Zaratto in 1490. From the Collections of Philp Augustus Hanrott Esquire. Published by W. Pickering, Chancery Lane. Image 203 from Illuminated ornaments: selected from manuscripts and early printed books, from the sixth to the seventeenth centuries. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/illuminatedornam00shaw/page/n203/mode/1upFrom a Manuscript in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Published by W. Pickering, Chancery Lane. Image 213 from Illuminated ornaments: selected from manuscripts and early printed books, from the sixth to the seventeenth centuries. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/illuminatedornam00shaw/page/n213/mode/1up
The ant: Diligence, frugality. J. Hulott, sculp. Image 16 from Writing and drawing made easy, amusing and instructive : containing the whole alphabet in all the characters now us’d . . . 1750. English, printed in London. Printed for and sold by T. Bellamy bookseller, located at Kingston upon Thames. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. Digitalized by the Internet Archive. In the public domain due to age. via https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=gri.ark:/13960/t7qn6h64w&seq=17&view=1upThe crocodile: Dissimulation and infidelity, J. Hulott, sculp. Image 24 from Writing and drawing made easy, amusing and instructive : containing the whole alphabet in all the characters now us’d . . . 1750. English, printed in London. Printed for and sold by T. Bellamy bookseller, located at Kingston upon Thames. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. Digitalized by the Internet Archive. In the public domain due to age. via https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=gri.ark:/13960/t7qn6h64w&seq=24&view=1upThe dog: vigilance and fidelity: J. Hulott, sculp. Image 28 from Writing and drawing made easy, amusing and instructive : containing the whole alphabet in all the characters now us’d . . . 1750. English, printed in London. Printed for and sold by T. Bellamy bookseller, located at Kingston upon Thames. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. Digitalized by the Internet Archive. In the public domain due to age. via https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=gri.ark:/13960/t7qn6h64w&seq=28&view=1upThe eagle: honour and ambition. J. Hulott, sculp. Image 32 from Writing and drawing made easy, amusing and instructive : containing the whole alphabet in all the characters now us’d . . . 1750. English, printed in London. Printed for and sold by T. Bellamy bookseller, located at Kingston upon Thames. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. Digitalized by the Internet Archive. In the public domain due to age. via https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=gri.ark:/13960/t7qn6h64w&seq=32&view=1upThe fox: hypocrisy and prophaness. J. Hulott, sculp. Image 36 from Writing and drawing made easy, amusing and instructive : containing the whole alphabet in all the characters now us’d . . . 1750. English, printed in London. Printed for and sold by T. Bellamy bookseller, located at Kingston upon Thames. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. Digitalized by the Internet Archive. In the public domain due to age. via https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=gri.ark:/13960/t7qn6h64w&seq=36&view=1upThe grass hopper: indolence and inactivity. J. Hulott, sculp. Image 40 from Writing and drawing made easy, amusing and instructive : containing the whole alphabet in all the characters now us’d . . . 1750. English, printed in London. Printed for and sold by T. Bellamy bookseller, located at Kingston upon Thames. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. Digitalized by the Internet Archive. In the public domain due to age. via https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=gri.ark:/13960/t7qn6h64w&seq=40&view=1up
Will be back to pick up more of the letters later.
“Ceres: diameter 1024 miles.” Image 2. Cary Collection of Playing Cards, Yale University Library. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/10995117“Juno: diameter 1,425 miles.” Image 3. Cary Collection of Playing Cards, Yale University Library. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/10995117“Pallas: diameter 2,099 miles,” Image 4. Cary Collection of Playing Cards, Yale University Library. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/10995117Saturn. Card from Astronomia, a deck of educational astronomy cards pertaining to the solar system. 1829-31. Published by F. G. Moon, Threadneedle Street, London. Image 19. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Collections, Yale University. https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/33253871
