#lettrine

[nemfrog]

Ornamental initial "A" with allegorical figures of Encyclopédie (left) and Cosmographie (right). Le Larousse pour tous. 1907-10.

Gallica

[thessala]

Unidentified artist, Brunetto Latini, Livre du trésor, France, 13th century, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms. Français 566, f. 77v.

[eloi-amizet]

Hey People of tumblr ! Still so cool to see you there !

This is the cover of a little antology comic i’m making with a friend, maybe i’ll make a PDF ! The title says “Contes D’automne Divers” which mean “miscellaneous tales of Fall” but when heared in french you can phonetically hear “Tales of Fall of Winter”, which is... Absurd... I’m sorry. At least you have learn something useless on french.

Thank you very much to all the people who continue to follow my work on Tumblr, which has always been better than instagram ! THANK YOU VERY MUCH !

Eloi

*Cheers*

[grandboute]

E

[jhesite]

Coloured and flowered “G” initial in a manuscript published in 1607.

[travelwithflere]

Spelling out Pierre de Ronsard in linocut print. R as in Renaissance. Oil on paper, 11 x 8 inches, 2021. #renaissance #salamander #salamandre #chambord #16thcentury #16esiecle #pierrederonsard #ronsard #frenchpoetry #lettrine #initials #linocut #linogravure #fredericlere #ronsardlere (at Hell's Kitchen) https://www.instagram.com/frederic_lere/p/CYzCSUvr7nI/?utm_medium=tumblr

[bujoredidea]

[lettrines-enluminees]

Lettrines filigranées

Les lettres filigranées sont des lettrines ou initiales dont les contre-formes et les abords sont décorés de fils : les filigranes. On trouve ces lettres dans les manuscrits médiévaux dès les XIIe-XIIIe siècles.

J'ai suivi un cours pour apprendre à les tracer. Voici mes premiers essais.