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Æsop, initial from Scheffer’s edition, 112

—— initial from Albi edition, 95, 252

Albi, initial in the manière éraillée, from Æsop printed at, 95, 252

Alvarus Pelagius of J. Zainer, border used in, 23

Alvera, J., initial used by, at Coimbra, 253

Ambrose, St., portrait initial of, 211

Antwerp, initial from title-page of book printed at, 102, 262

—— initials used in books printed by G. Leeu at, 102, 261

Apianus, P., initials from Astronomicon Cesareum printed by, 107, 274 sq.

Apocalypse, different editions of the block-book, 4

Arion, initial representing the adventure of, 61

Aristotle, Opera Nonnulla printed by Keller, 17

—— initials in editions of, by H. Estienne, 232

Arrivabene, George, initials from missals printed by, 59, 171 sqq.

Ars Memorandi, historical initial in the, 5, 112

Ars Moriendi, the block-book, 4

Astronomicon Cesareum printed by P. Apianus at Ingoldstadt, 107, 274 sq.

Augsburg, 5

—— initials used by printers, 14, 113-122

Aureum Opus, initials from edition of, by De Vingle, 77, 208

Avignon, initials from volume printed at, 93, 251

Aymon, les Quatre Fils de, initials used in Lyons edition of, 195

Back, Godfrid, initials used by, 262

Bade, Josse, armorial initials in History of Denmark printed by, 85, 230

—— —— other initials of, 238

Bamberg, initials from missal of Johann Pfeyl of, 41, 152 sq.

—— initials from Missale Olumucense of, 41, 150 sq.

Bämler, Johann, initials from works printed by, 16, 117

Basle, initials reproduced from books printed at, 134-145

—— psalter of 1501 by Furter, initials from, 30, 135

Bebelius, Joannes, initials of Holbein in works published by, 33

Bebelius and Cratander, initials of Holbein in works by, 36

Bellot, Jean, initials from volumes printed by, 53

Benedictine missal printed at Hagenau, initials used in, 104, 264 sqq.

Bernard, le Petit, initials attributed to, 81

Berthorius, Petrus, initials from Morale Reductorium of, 81, 222

Besançon, printers of, use same initials as Furter of Basle, 95

—— initials of, 252

Bible, initials from G. Zainer’s editions of, 15, 24, 113, 115, 118 sq.

—— Latin, of Basle, initials from, 29, 134

—— initial from Ulm edition, 1480, 127

—— initial from a Lyons, 211

—— German edition, pictorial initials of the fifth, 17, 118 sq.

—— fourth edition by Frisner and Sensenschmidt, 26, 129 sq.

—— initials from Nuremberg edition, 129 sq.

—— the Bishops’, initials in, 108c, 279

Bibles, Augsburg and Nuremberg, compared, 17

Biblia cum Summariis et Concordantiis of Jean Moylin, initials of, 78, 212 sq.

Biblia Pauperum, the block-book, 4

Birckmann, Franc, Hagenau initials copied by, 105

Blanchard, remarkable initials used in works by, 77, 210

Block-books, initials from, 110

Bocard, André, initials in books printed by, 83, 108b

Book-hunting in time of Aulus Gellius, 1

Book-plate forming part of early Nuremberg impression, 27

Brandis, Lucas, initials from Rudimenta Novitiorum and Josephus of, 39, 146 sq.

Breidenbach, Bernard von, initial from Reuwich’s edition of his Peregrinationes, 75, 112

—— initials from Ortuin’s Lyons edition, 198

Brescia, initials from works printed at, 71, 189

Bridget, St., Meditationes, initials used in Lübeck edition of, 148 sq.

Brocart, Arn. de, initials used by, 259

Bumgart de Ketwyck, initials used by, at Cologne, 165

Burgofranco, J. P. de, initials in Hyginus de Stellis printed by, 67, 188

Burgos, initial used at, 256

Byzantium, books of, on purple parchment, 2

Calcar, J. van, initials of, in Anatomy of Vesalius, 37, 144 sq.

Calligraphic initials from Paris title-pages, 83

Capcasa, Matteo, initials from works published by, 58, 174 sq.

Cassiodorus, initial from works of, by Steyner, 21

Castilla, G., initial used by, at Valencia, 253

Catalogus Sanctorum of Saccon, 76, 214 sqq.

Catholicon of J. Wolff, selected initials from, 76, 206 sq.

Caxton, W., initials used by, 108b, 277

Cervicornus or Hirtzhorn, Euch., initials in works published by, 52, 168 sq.

Charlemagne invites Irish and Anglo-Saxon monks to his kingdom, 2

Charles the Bald welcomes foreign artists, 2

Chauny, Jean de, initials from works printed by, 251

Chevallon, Claude, initial representing scenes from Ars Moriendi in work published by, 88, 238

Children, initials with, used by Venice printers, 61

—— copied by printers of Basle, Cologne, and Hagenau, 61

Cicero, initials from German edition of, by Steyner, 21

Cocksperger, Peter, and the Mayence Psalter initials, 10

Coimbra, initials used by J. Alvira of, 98, 253

Cologne, initial from Donatus of, 51, 165

—— other initials used at, 165 sq.

Como, initials of Vitruvius printed at, 68, 187

Compilacion de Leyes, initials from Zamora edition, 255

Complutum (Alcala de Henares), initial used in liturgical works printed by Brocart at, 100, 259

Cosmographia of Ptolemy, initials from, 24, 127

—— of Sebastian Munster, account of Psalter initials in the, 9

Cranmer, Archbishop, initial with his arms, 108c, 279

Cromberger, J., initials used by, 256

Cross-hatching, invention of, 20

Cunningham, William, initials in his Cosmographical Glasse, 108c, 279

Curio, Valentin, initials used by, at Basle, 36, 140 sq.

Dance of Death alphabets used at Basle, 137

—— —— alphabet, Strasburg copies of, 33, 138

—— —— alphabet in books published at Stella, 98, 257

Dante, praises French miniaturists, 3

Day, John, initials used by, 108c, 278 sq.

Delft, initial used by Jacob van der Meer at, 102, 260

Deutscher Kalender, initials from, 44

Dinckmut, Conrad, initial and border from Donatus printed by, 12, 111

Doctrinal de Sapience, initial from title-page of, 53, 163

Donatus, Aelius, Latin primer of, 4

—— initial from edition of, by Quentell, 12

—— with Psalter initials attributed to Gutenberg (1456), 9

—— initial from xylographic impression by Dinckmut, 12, 111

Drach, Peter, initials in red from missal of Spires printed by, 103, 263

Dresden, initial used at, 270

Dupré, Jean, ornamental letters in the Vies des Anciens Saincts Pères of, 82

Dürer, Albert, makes innovation in engraving, 20

—— —— ornamental letters attributed to, 52, 168 sq.

Elizabeth, Queen, portrait-initial of, 108c, 280

English copies of initials by Kerver, 241

Erasmus, Desiderius, initial with portrait of, 78, 211

Esslingen, initials in works printed at, 46

Estienne, H., initials from work published by, 86, 232

Etymologicum Magnum of Callierges, coloured initials in the, 11

Eusebio di Comento, initials from Salamanca edition of, 96, 288

Ex-libris, initial forming, from book printed at Paris, 83

Fabio, Jacopo, mythological letters in works published by, 81, 225

Ferrara, alphabet of initials from work of Joh. Philippus Bergomensis printed at, 69, 190

—— initials from Missale Carthusiense of, 69, 191 sq.

Finé, Oronce, initial with portrait of, 87

Fool, first engraving of a, in a woodcut border, 23

—— first example of the, in woodcut initials, 17

—— in church architecture and early book ornamentation, 23

Forestier, Jacques, specimens of alphabets used in a Commines printed by, 93, 248

Formschneider, opposition of, to the use of woodcut initials, 15

Fossombrone, initials in work published by Ottaviano dei Petrucci of, 67

Foxe, John, portrait-initial of Queen Elizabeth, in his Book of Martyrs, 108c, 280

Fradin, François, children’s alphabet used by, 78, 211

—— initials from the Regimen Sanitatis of Magnini printed by, 77, 209

Frank, Hans, initial signed by, 81

Friburgensis, Johann, Summa Confessorum, Augsburg, G. Zainer (1476), initials used in, 15, 111

Frisner and Sensenschmidt, initials from fourth German Bible by, 26, 129 sqq.

Froben, Johann, initials of Holbein in works by, 37

Froschouer, Johann, initials in books printed at Zurich by, 38, 145

Fürter, Michael, initials from books printed by, 31, 135

Fust, Johann, association of, with Scheffer, 6

Galen, initials from Basle edition of, 139, 142

Gelli, René, initials in Greek lexicon of, 142

Geneva, large calligraphic initials from books printed at, 53, 163

—— other initials used at, 164

Gering, Ulrich. See Rembolt and Gering.

Ghotan, Bartholomew, initials used by, at Lübeck, 40, 147 sqq.

Giunta, Lucantonio di, initials from missals and breviaries printed by, 59, 171 sqq., 176 sqq.

Gouda, initials used by Godfrid de Os at, 101, 108b, 260

Graf, Urs, initials by, 136

Gregoriis, G. and J. de, initials from Herodotus and other works printed by, 59, 183 sq.

Grotesque, the, in book ornamentation, 87

—— profiles, earliest example of, 16

Grüninger, Johann, initials from works printed by, 46-47, 48, 160 sq.

Gutenberg, Johann, invention of printing by, 6

Gutenberg Bible sold by Scheffer as a manuscript, 8

Gutnecht, Jodocus, initials in Missale Pataviense of, 28, 132, 133

Gyffer, Hans, of Silgenstat, initials from works published at Salamanca by, 96, 288

Gymnicus, J., alphabets in works printed by, 53, 167

Hagenau, initials of Benedictine missal printed at, 104, 264 sq.

—— initials from Plinius printed by Thomas Anselm at, 104, 273

Halle’s Chronicle, initials in, 108c, 279

Harentals, Petrus de, initials used in an Expositio Psalterii by, 245

Heineken, C. H. von, attributes Psalter initials to Meydenbach, 9

Henry VII., initial with his arms, 279

Heraldic initials. See Initials, Armorial.

Hochffeder, Gaspard, initial from Psalter of Metz printed by, 106, 272

Hohenwang, Ludwig, initials used by, 116

Holbein, Ambrose, initials by, 144

—— Hans, alphabets of, 32, 139 sqq.

—— —— children’s alphabet by, 35, 139

—— —— Dance of Death alphabet by, 32, 137

—— —— initial of, in books by Valentine Curio, 36

—— —— mistakes in anatomy, 34

—— —— peasants’ alphabet by, 35

—— —— the four Greek initials from the Galen of 1538, 36

Holl, Leonard, initials in work printed by, 24, 127

Holtrop, J. W., early Dutch initials copied from works published by, 101

Hongre, Pierre, initials from missal of, 202 sqq.

Hopyl, Wolfgang, initials used by, 86, 232 sq.

Hostingue, L., and J. Loys, initials from work published by, 91, 250

Hupfuff, M., initials in works printed by, 45

Husz, Mathieu, initials used by, at Lyons, 197, 199

Imagines of Varro, described by Pliny, 2

Ingoldstadt, initials of M. Ostendorfer used at, 107

Initials, anthropomorphic, of Strasburg printers, 45

—— armorial, 85, 108c, 230, 279

—— coloured, used by Roman copyists, 1

—— from the Libro Sotilissimo, a typographical curiosity printed at Stella, 99

—— large calligraphic, on title-pages of books printed at Lyons, 75, 200

—— mythological, 224 sq.

—— in minium or cinnabar of sixth century, 2

—— of chequer work, 3

—— resembling Gallo-Frank jewellery, 3

—— vagaries in use of, 24

Israel von Mecken, initials by, 27

Italy, influence of French art in, 3

Josephus, initials from Lübeck edition of, 146

Josse Bade. See Bade.

Kaisersperg, Geyler von, initials in works of, 46, 49, 161 sq.

Keller, Ambrose, initials from works printed by, 16-17, 115

Kerver, Thielmann, initials by, 241

Knoblochtzer, Heinrich, initials from works printed by, 43, 155 sq.

Knoblouch, Johann, initials in works printed by, 46, 189, 272

Lecoq, Jean, alphabet from La Vie de Monseigneur St. Bernard by, 91, 244

—— letters with grotesque profiles from different works printed by, 90, 243

Leeu, Gerard, initials used by, 102, 261

Leicester, Earl of, initial with his arms, 108c, 279

Lenoir, Philippe, initials in works published by, 87, 234, 237, 241

Leo the Isaurian burns the public library, 2

Lerouges, les, initials from La Thoison d’Or printed by, 90, 242

Leroy, Guillaume, initials used by, 73, 195 sq.

Le Signerre, Guillaume, initials used by, at Saluzzo, 189

Lettres parlantes in Lyons impression, 81

—— tourneures fleuronnées used by Leroy in 1479, 73

Liber Biblie Moralis of J. Zainer, initials in, 23

Lilius, Zacharias, initials from the Breviarium Orbis of, 182

Limoges, initials from missal printed at, 94, 252

Locatellus, Bonetus, initials used in works printed by, 60, 174 sq.

Louvain, historiated initial from fifteenth-century missal printed at, 102, 261

Lübeck, initials from works published at, 39, 146 sqq.

Lufft of Wittemberg, initials used by, 105, 270

Lützelberger, Hans, Dance of Death initials engraved by, 137

Lyons, initials from books printed at, 194 sqq.

Lyons missals, initials used in different, 75

—— copy of Cologne initial, 169

Macabre initials used at Cologne, 170

Maiblümchen or lily of the valley design in early books, 5

Mainz. See Mayence.

Margarita Davitica, initial of G. Zainer from, 16, 114

Marriage licence, pictorial initial from, 108, 276

Martens, Thierry, initials used by, 102, 261

Mathieu Husz and Jean Schabeler, initials used in Boccaccio of, 74

Mayence, initial in Erhardt Reuwich’s Breidenbach, 13, 112

—— initial in Scheffer’s Æsop printed at, 13, 112

—— later Scheffer initial, 273

Mazochius, Jacobus, portrait of Ariosto in work published by, 65, 185

Medici, Cosmo de, initial with portrait of, 63, 184

Meditations of St. Bridget, initials from Lübeck edition of, 40

Meer, Jacob van der, initials used by, at Delft, 260

Melusine, initials from Lyons edition of, 199

Milan, initials from works printed at, 70, 192 sq.

—— initials from works printed by Joannes de Castellione at, 70

Miniatures in books of Athens and Rome, 2

—— in mediæval manuscripts, 2

Mirabilia Romae, historiated initial of the, 12, 112

Missale Atrebatense, initials from, 246, 247

—— Bambergense, initials from the edition by J. Pfeyl, 152 sq.

—— Benedictinum, initials from Hagenau edition of, 264 sqq.

—— Evangeliare of Wittemberg, initials from, 105, 270

—— Olumucense, coloured initials of the, 11-41, 150 sq.

—— Pataviense, pictorial initials from, 132 sq., 271

—— Vallisumbrose, large pictorial initials from, 59, 176 sqq.

Missals printed at Lyons, initials from, 201 sqq., 205

—— printed at Paris, 232 sqq.

—— printed at Rouen, 247 sq.

Modernes, Jacques, curious initial in work on Military Art printed by, 81, 222

Monks, Irish and Anglo-Saxon, celebrated for miniatures and historiations, 2

Montfaucon, alphabet of animals of, 3

Morin, Martin, calligraphic initial from missal printed by, 92, 246

—— —— initials from other works published by, 92-93, 246 sq.

Morton, Archbishop, initial with his rebus, 108c, 277

Moylin, Jean, initials from his Latin Bible, 78, 212 sq.

Müller, Johann, or Regiomontanus, works by, 25

Murr, C. G. von, and the artist of the Psalter initials, 10

Nardi, Simeon, initials from Datus published by, 65, 185 sq.

Naudé, Gabriel, accusation against Scheffer, 8

Normandie, Coustumier de, curious initials from a, 92, 250

Novesianus, Melchior, imitations of Alphabet of Death in works printed by, 53

—— —— other initials used by, 167

Nuremberg, curious work attributed variously to Stuchs, Zeninger, and Wagner published at, 26, 54

—— initials from books printed at, 128 sqq.

Ornamentation of early books, 1

Oronce Finé. See Finé.

Ortuin, Gaspard, initial from Breidenbach’s Peregrinationes, 75, 198

Os, Godfrid de, initials used by, 260

Otino da Pavia de la Luna, initials in the Vita di Sancti Padri of, 62, 179 sq.

Pachel, Leonard, initials used by, at Milan, 193

Papillon, J. B. M., testimony of, concerning the artist of the Psalter initials, 10

Paris, renowned for its manuscripts and copyists, 3

—— initials used at, 226 sqq.

Pavia, initials used at, 188

Peter, St., portrait initial of, 276

Petrarch, initials from German translation of his De remediis utriusque fortunæ, by Steyner, 21

Petri, Adam, repetition of same initial in books printed by, 31

—— —— pilgrim initial used by, 136

Petroine, La vie et légende de Mme. Ste., initials from, 95, 252

Pfister, Alb., impressions of, resembling block-books, 11

Pflantzmann, J., initials from books printed by, 16, 116

Philip le Bel, portrait initial of, 262

Philosophers, alphabets of, 81, 223 sq.

Pius II., Pope, portrait initial of, 184

Playing-cards, method of printing, 4

Plenarium, initials used in Strasburg edition of, 158

Pogge, J. F., initials from edition of, printed by Knoblouch, 46, 159

Poitiers, initials from books printed at, 94, 251

Polychrome initials in early books, 11

Ponte, Gotardus de, initials from Vitruvius printed by, 187

Poullet, J., initials used by, 204

Prestre Jehan, historiated initial from title-page of, 73, 195

—— —— initials from Paris edition of, 237

Propriétaire, initials from Rouen editions of, 92, 249

—— letters from Lyons edition of, 77, 208

Prusz, Johann, initials used by, at Strasburg, 46, 158

Psalter of Mayence initials, Bodman hoaxes Fischer concerning, 8

—— initials from Furter’s Basle edition of, 135

—— initials from edition by J. Prusz of Strasburg, 46, 154

—— initials said to have been used by Gutenberg, 8

—— opinions as to the initials of, 7

Ptolemy, initials from Ulm edition of the Cosmographia, 24, 127

Pynson, Richard, initials from his Sarum Missal, 108b, 277

Quadragesimale of Gritsch, pictorial border of the, 23

Quentell, Heinrich, initials from volumes printed by, 53, 165 sq.

Ratdolt, Erhard, initials from Calendarium of J. di Monteregio (Johannes Regiomontanus) by, 57, 171

—— —— initials in Brevarium Constantiense of 1516 by, 19, 123

—— —— initials in breviary by, 18, 121 sq.

—— —— initials in psalter of 1499 by, 18-19, 122

—— —— Latin couplet on, 19

Rationale Durandi, ornamented with some of the same initials as Psalter of Mayence, 11

Reger, Johann, initials in works printed by, 25, 128

Rembolt and Gering, initials from volumes printed by, 83-84, 228 sqq.

Reutlingen, initials in works printed at, 49, 162

Richard de Bury praises libraries of Paris, 3

Richel, Bernard, initials from Latin Bible of, 29

Rome, initials used at, 185

Rouen, initials used at, 11, 245 sqq.

Royal letters designed by Geoffroy Tory for Robert Estienne, 89, 240

Rudimenta Novitiorum, initials from Lübeck edition of, 146 sq.

Saccon, Jacques, initials in Catalogus Sanctorum of, 78, 214 sqq.

—— —— different initials in works printed by, 80, 201, 205, 209, 222

Salamanca, initials used at, 258

Saluzzo, initials in Aureum Opus of Vivaldus printed by Le Signerre at, 68, 189

Sarum missal, initials from Pynson’s edition of, 108b, 277

Saxo Grammaticus, armorial initials from History of Denmark by, 85, 230

Schabeler, Hans, initials used by, at Lyons, 197

Schäufelein, Hans, initials by, 49

Scheffer, Peter, association of, with Fust, 6

—— —— initials used by, 107, 112, 273

Schiedam, initial used by unknown printer of, 102, 261

Schlestadt, initials of Pilgrim, from book printed by Lazarus Schurer at, 106

Scinzenzeller, Ulr., initials used by, 192

Schönsperger, Johann, initials from works printed by, 16, 116

Schott, initials in works printed by, 45, 157

Sessa, different initials met with in impressions by, 59, 181

—— initials from Aristotle printed by, 62, 178

Seville, initials from books printed by Jacob Cromberger at, 98

—— initials from book printed by Juan de Varila at, 98, 253

Sienna, initials in books published at, 65-66, 185

Silber, Eucharius, ornamental letter from book published, 65, 185

Sorg, Anton, historiated initials from Das Buch das heisset der Seusse of Suso, 18, 120

—— —— initials from works printed by, 16-17, 115, 120

Spanish initials, 253 sqq.

Speculum Humanæ Salvationis, a transition from xylography to printing, 4

Spires, initials used at, 263

Stamps used for applying initials by early copyists, 4

Statuta Synodalia, alphabet used in the Troyes edition of, 73, 243

Stella, copies of the Alphabet of Death used by Adrian Anverez at, 99, 257

Steyner, Heinrich, initials in works published by, 20, 124 sq.

Strasburg, initials used at, 154 sqq.

Summa Confessorum, initials of the, 15-16, 113

Suso, Henricus, initials from Das Buch das heisset der Seusse, 120

Sweynheim and Pannartz, initial from the Suetonius of, 65, 185

Theoricae Novae, initial from, 25

Tibullus quoted, 1

Topie, Michel, initial from Mer des Hystoires of, 75, 198

Tory, Geoffroy, initials from missal attributed to, 88, 235 sq.

—— —— royal letters attributed to, 240

Toulouse, initial used at, 252

Trepperel, Jean, grotesque initials in books published by, 83, 227

Trepperel, initials from Jardin de Santé of, 86, 231

Tridino, Tacuinus de, initials in works published by, 60, 174

Troyes, initials used at, 242 sqq.

Ulm, initial with border from Donatus printed at, 12, 111

—— initials from other works printed at, 126 sqq.

Valerius Maximus of Sorg, initials from, 17

Varila, Juan de, initial used by, 253

Vascosan, Michael, initials by, 239

Venice, initials from works published at, 55, 171 sqq.

Vérard, Antoine, calligraphic initial from the Jardin de Santé of, 82, 226

Verona, ornamental letter from book printed at, 70, 189

Vesalius, initials of Van Calcar in Anatomy of, 37, 144 sq.

Vicenza, example of typographic eccentricities in work printed at, 71, 189

Vienna, initials from Missale Pataviense printed by J. Winterberger of, 106, 271

Virgil, the Vatican copy described by M. Pierre de Nolhac, 2

Vita di Sancti Padri, initials from the, of Otino da Pavia de la Luna, 62, 179 sq.

Vitali, Bernardino, alphabet by, used in publications by Sessa, 60

Vitruvius, initials from Como edition of, 187

Walther, H., initials from Madgeburg Bible printed by, 107, 273

Weiditz, Hans, initials attributed to, by Dr. H. Röttinger, 20, 52, 124 sq.

Winterberger, of Vienna, initials used by, 271

Wittemberg, apocalyptic initials from the Missale Evangeliare printed at, 105, 270

Wohlgemuth, M., his new technical methods, 20

Worde, Wynkyn de, initial used by, 277

Worms, Anton von, children’s alphabets designed by, 53

Zainer, Günther, first used woodcut initials at Augsburg, 15

—— —— examples of his letters, 113 sq., 118 sq.

—— Johann, of Ulm, initials in Boccaccio of, 22, 126

Zamora, initials from Compilacion de Leyes printed at, 96, 255

Zarotus, Antonius, initials used by, at Milan, 193

Zodiac, initials representing the signs of the, 87

Zurich, initials in books published by Froschouer of, 38, 145

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EDINBURGH: T. AND A. CONSTABLE PRINTERS TO HIS MAJESTY: MCMVIII