Initial Letter B

Dublin Core

Title

Initial Letter B

Subject

Inhabited Initial Letter
Foliated Grotesque

Description

Initial letter B is capitalized. The letter is framed within a double-lined square. The letter is white on a black background, the background is studded with white dots. The left side of the letter is a vertical line that flares at the top and bottom. The right side of the letter is made from two hooked arches that loop to meet in the middle. They are widest at the peak of the arch. There are leaves, flowers, and vines behind the initial letter and spread out throughout the innermost box of the square. A grotesque face in profile facing right extrudes from a foliated arabesque in the upper right quadrant. This ornament, dating back to classical times, is known as a “foliated grotesque.”

Publisher

Leonard Smithers

Date

Volume Six: October 1896
Volume Seven: November 1896

Rights

Public Domain
Toronto Metropolitan University Library Archives & Special Collections

Relation

Savoy Digital Edition, edited by Christopher Keep and Lorraine Janzen Kooistra, Yellow Nineties 2.0, Toronto Metropolitan University Centre for Digital Humanities, 2019.

Format

jpg

Type

Initial Letter

Identifier

Volume Six
SAVOYV6o__initB_p61

Volume Seven
SAVOYV7o__initB_p52
SAVOYV7o_initB_p62

Date Created

JDC 8 May 2019

Date Modified

LJK 17/22 May 2019
19 November 2019 ljk
31 May 2022, ljk
4 January 2023, rb

License

Conforms To

Dublin Core Metadata

References

Please visit our collection of all Initial Letters found in The Savoy: https://ornament.library.torontomu.ca/items/show/144