Historiated initial posters & prints

Initial P Pliny The Elder

Initial P Pliny The Elder

Initial E Pliny The Elder

Claudius Ptolemy. Detail of a historiated initial C (Cosmographia), Second Half of the 15th cen Anonymous

Historiated initial depicting the death of the Virgin, from an unknown manuscript, 12th-13th century School European

Historiated initial 'S' French School

Historiated Initial Excised from a Bible, 1200s Unknown

Historiated Initial Excised from a Bible, 1200s Unknown

Historiated Initial Excised from a Bible, 1200s Unknown

Historiated Initial depicing Joan of Arc, 15th century Franco-Flemish School

Historiated initial 'P' depicting a boar hunt French School

Page of musical notation with historiated initial Italian School

Initial S, from Pliny's Natural History. Italy, mid-15th century Pliny the Elder

Historiated initial 'R' depicting the Sultan sending his messengers to the Caliph of Egypt and the Sultan kissing the feet... French School

Historiated Initial Excised from a Bible: St. Paul Preaching, 1200s Unknown

Initial A, from Pliny's Natural History. Italy, mid-15th century Pliny the Elder

Historiated Initial Excised from a Bible, 1200s Unknown

Historiated Initial Excised from a Bible, 1200s Unknown

Ms 19 fol.47 Page of text with a historiated initial Italian School

Historiated Initial Excised from a Choir Book: Two Martyr Saints, c. 1500-1510 Girolamo dai Libri (circle of)

Ms.838 fol.55 Historiated initials 'U' and 'I' depicting the Nativity and the Infant Christ French School

Leaf from a Gradual with Historiated Initial: SS. Peter and Andrew, c. 1320-1340 Master of Isaac and Esau

Leaf from an Antiphonary: Historiated Initial P with the Prophet Samuel…, c. 1439-1447 Olivetan Master

Historiated initial 'S' depicting an acrobat and fantastical animals French School

Historiated initial letter 'E' with a kneeling figure of King David, 1482-83 Giovanni & Cicognara Antonio (attr.to) Gadio

Initial M, from Pliny's Natural History. Italy, mid-15th century Pliny the Elder

Historiated Initial Excised from a Bible, 1200s Unknown

Initial S, from Pliny's Natural History. Italy, mid-15th century Pliny the Elder

Initial S, from Pliny's Natural History. Italy, mid-15th century Pliny the Elder

Historiated Initial Excised from an Antiphonary: Risen Christ in the Tomb, c. 1420-1450 Unknown

Historiated Initial Excised from a Choral Book: St. Michael and the Dragon, early 1200s Unknown

Historiated initial 'A' showing St. Theodore Italian School

Historiated Initial 'N' depicting a man hewing trees, the 'Natural History' by Pliny the Elder Italian School

Historiated Initial Excised from a Bible: Soldiers and Horses, 1200s Unknown

Historiated Initial Excised from a Responsorial: Christ in Majesty with Saints, c. 1280-1300 Unknown

Leaf from a Missal with Two Historiated Initials: Initial P[er omnia saecula saeculorum]…, c. 1300 Unknown