Historic Alphabet Selections Group I
Historic Alphabet Selections Group I
“By phonemic trans-formation into visual terms, the alphabet became a universal, abstract, static container of meaningless sounds.”
Marshall McLuhan
Alphabet Above: Fifteenth century. France.
Artwork above was scanned from the book “Historic Alphabets & Initials Woodcut & Ornamental” Edited by Carol Belanger Grafton. The book artwork is all in black and white. Colors applied by Granite Bay Design. Click any gallery image below to go to see that artwork.