. Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use. need not enter into, the details ofthese. The artistic execution is very various and arbitrary (fig. 6). Plate 290. Heraldic Accessories. 1. Angel, as Supporter, by H. J. Grantinn, 1628, (Warnecke). 2. Angel, as Supporter, Italian, 16 th century, (Formenschatz). 3. Lady, as Supporter, H. Burckmair, Triumphal Procession of theEmperor Maximilian, (Observe the repetition of the tinctures onthe ladys dress, the crest, and the banner). 4. Griffins, as Suppo
. Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use. need not enter into, the details ofthese. The artistic execution is very various and arbitrary (fig. 6). Plate 290. Heraldic Accessories. 1. Angel, as Supporter, by H. J. Grantinn, 1628, (Warnecke). 2. Angel, as Supporter, Italian, 16 th century, (Formenschatz). 3. Lady, as Supporter, H. Burckmair, Triumphal Procession of theEmperor Maximilian, (Observe the repetition of the tinctures onthe ladys dress, the crest, and the banner). 4. Griffins, as Supporters, by Hans Burckmair, (Formenschatz). 5. Coat, with Mottoes, 1529. 6. Composite coat, within a quatrefoil, Diirers school, (Formenschatz). 7. Modern Tent. 8. Coat of Arms of the Artists, designed by L. Lesker. In conse-quence of an afiront offered by the lords of Rappoltstein to theartists employed in the building of Strassburg minster, it is saidthat the Emperor Sigismund granted the artists, called the Yunkersof Prague, permission to bear the same coat of arms — or, threeescutcheons azure — (Martin Crusii, Schwabische Chronik).. , PRINTING, &c. (ORNMIENTAL LETTERS.) The invention of Writing dates back thousands of years beforeour era. To which nation it is to be assigned, cannot at present befixed with any certainty. Greek writing was develoioed from thePhenician; and served, in its turn, as a basis for Roman the Roman writing, arose the Occidental and Scandinavianwritings, as well as the Runic. The Latin script was introduced intoGermany contemporaneously with Christianity. The early Middle Agestreated the shapes of letters in a some what arbitrary manner. Bythe side of the Majuscles (or capital letters) appear the Minuscles (orsmall letters, produced by the contraction and simplification of theformer), (compare the letters E and M in alphabet 1 on Plate 291).By the side of the upright and angular Capital letters, appear theUncial letters with t
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