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TABLE OF CONTENTSTABLE OF CONTENTS AMPERSANDAMPERSANDAmpersand.....1Calligraphy.....2Carpet Page.....3Corinthian.....4Doric.....5Drop Cap.....6Egyptian.....7Flying Buttress.....8Gothic.....9Hieratic Scale.....10High Relief.....11Ideograph.....12Islamic.....13Italic.....14Ligature......15Low Relief......16

Manuscript.....17Movable Type.....18Perpective.....19Petroglyph.....20Pictograph.....21Pointed Arch.....22Printer’s Marks.....23Rebus.....25Renaissance.....26Rune Stone.....27Stained Glass.....28Trademark.....29Woodcut.....30

The Ampersand was developed during the Dark Ages. It comes from the let-ters ‘e’ and ‘t’ or ‘et’ which mean ‘and’ in Latin.

CARPET PAGESCALLIGRAPHYCALLIGRAPHY CARPET PAGESCARPET PAGESCalligraphy is extremely beautiful writing created using various pens.

Carpet Pages are full pages which are decorated or illustrated.

CORINTHIANCORINTHIAN DORICDORICOrnate columns from the Ancient Greek and Roman periods.

Simple columes from the An-cient Greek and Roman periods.

DROP CAPDROP CAP EGYPTIANEGYPTIANA large letter at the start of a text block. Sometimes, drop caps can be ornate, and other times they can be very simple.

Relating to Egypt or it’s people.

GOTHICGOTHICFLYING BUTTRESSFLYING BUTTRESSA flying buttress is a style of Gothic architecture. The purpose of a buttress is to redirect the forc-es pushing a wall outwards towards the ground.

A type of architecture which was popular during the Dark Ages.

HIGH RELIEFHIGH RELIEFHIERATIC SCALEHIERATIC SCALEThe use of size to show importance of items in the composition. The bigger the figure, the more important.

A sculptural term in which more than 50% of depth is shown. There may even be undercut areas.

IDEOGRAPHIDEOGRAPH ISLAMICISLAMICA symbol which represents a word or idea with out using the sounds to say it.

This means to support Islamism. It’s also relates to Islamic Art.

ITALICITALIC LIGATURELIGATUREA typeface which is based on calligraphy. Ligatures come from combinations of two or

more characters.

LOGOGRAMLOGOGRAM LOW RELIEFLOW RELIEFA logogram is a symbol or a graphic used to rep-resent a word, such as $ for dollar.

A sculptural term where the carving extends only a few inches from the background.

MANUSCRIPTMANUSCRIPT MOVABLE TYPEMOVABLE TYPEHighly decorated pages books. They have a decrease in scale of text, they have drop caps, carpet pages and use borders.

Little letters and symbols, typically made out of either clay or metal. They’re mirrored to use in printing presses.

PERSPECTIVEPERSPECTIVE PETROGLYPHPETROGLYPHPerspective is visual percepton in art. Pictogram or Logogram symbols carved into

rock. Petroglyphs were used in the prehistoric times.

PICTOGRAPHPICTOGRAPH POINTED ARCHPOINTED ARCHPictographs are symbols or drawings representative of a thing or person.

An arch that has a point on it. Very characteristic of Gothic architecture.

PRINTER’S MARKSPRINTER’S MARKS REBUSREBUSAn insignia or a symbol that was used by early print-ers in the 15th century to mark their work.

A puzzle in which words are represented by differ-ent pictures and individual letters to create a word or sentence.

RENAISSANCERENAISSANCE RUNE STONERUNE STONEA cultural movement after the Dark Ages. Art and literature flourished during this time period.

Rune Stones are raised rock which inscriptions are carved.

STAINED GLASSSTAINED GLASS TRADEMARKTRADEMARKStained glass is colored glass. It’s used to form pictures and scenes, most commonly used in churches.

A symbol used in claiming work such as a printer’s mark, or more commonly today, just a standard TM.

WOOD CUTWOOD CUTA way of painting in printmaking. The image was carved in reverse from a wooden block then used like standard movable type in a printing press.