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fet, farge an& Small; rman for

(iotjnc; Clrarcjj Arabesque; Initials
MONOGRAMS, CROSSES, &c.,
FOB THE USE OF

ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING DRAUGHTSMEN, MASONS, DECORATIVE PAINTERS, LITHOGRAPHERS, ENGRAVERS, CARVERS, &c.

COLLECTED AND ENGRAVED BT F. DELAMOTTE3

SIXTEENTH EDITION

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that it has been a work required by the public. To render it still more

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STH CENTURY. VATICAN 1 15TH AND 16TH CENTURIES. GERMAN ... 27
STH CENTURY. BBITISH MUSEUM 2 LOTH AND 16iH CENTURIES. GERMAN. SMALL . . 28
STH AND 9iH CENTURIES. ANGLO-SAXON .... 3 IOTH AND 16iH CENTURIES. ORNAMENTAL RIBBON . 29
9TH CENTURY. FROM AN ANGLO-SAXON MS. BAT- 16TH CENTURY. HENRY VIII. MS 30
TEL ABBEY 4 16TH CENTURY. FROM ITALIAN MS. . . ... 31
FROM MS. LIBRARY OP MINERVA, ROME 6 16TH CENTURY. FROM ALBERT DUBER'B PRAYER
IOTH CENTURY. BRITISH MUSEUM 6 BOOK. LARGE 32
HTH CENTURY AND NUMERALS . . 7 16TH CENTURY. ALBERT DURER'S PRAYER BOOK . 33
12iH CENTURY. FROM THE MAZARIN BIBLE ... 8 16TH CENTURY. VATICAN 34
12iH CENTURY. Two SMALL. BRITISH MUSEUM . . 9 16iH CENTURY. GOTHIC. MS 35
12iH CENTURY. BRITISH MUSEUM 10 16TH CENTURY. GOTHIC 86
12TH CENTURY. BODLEIAN LIBRARY 11 16TH CENTURY. GOTHIC. MS. . 37
13TH CENTURY. HENRY III. WESTMINSTER ABBEY. 12 16m CENTURY. LARGE, SMALL, AND NUMERALS.
13iH CENTURY. THOM LATIN M8 13 FRENCH. MS 38
13iH CENTURY. MS 14 !"TH CENTURY. MS 39
14TH CENTURY. DATE ABOUT 1340 15 17iH CENTURY CHURCH TEXT. MS 40
14TH CENTURY. BRITISH MUSEUM 16 GERMAN ARABESQUE 41
14iH CENTURY. ILLUMINATED MS 17 GERMAN ARABESQUE. SMALL 42
14iH CENTURY. RICHARD II. 1400. WESTMINSTER METAL ORNAMENTAL .43
ABBEY 18 INITIALS . . ... 44
14iH CENTURY. HICHAHD II. 1400. SMALL. WEST- INITIALS 45
MINSTER ABBEY 19 IOTH CENTURY 46
14TH CENTURY. BRITISH MUSEUM 20 INITIALS 47
14TH CENTURY. FROM MS. MUNICH 21 NUMERALS 48
14TH AND 15TH CENTURIES. Two SMALL. BRITISH NUMERALS 49
MUSEUM 22 16TH CENTURY 50
1475. BRITISH MUSEUM 23 16TH CENTURY 51
1480. BRITISH MUSEUM 24 16iH CENTURY. FROM WOOD ENGRAVINGS .... 52
1490. BRITISH MUSEUM 25 MONOGRAMS, CROSSES, &c 53
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