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DescriptionOrnamental Alphabet - 16th Century.svg	English: Ornamental latin alphabet from the 16th century, missing the letters J, O, W, X and Z. Vectorized with Inkscape from the original scan at [1], then restored for optimal appearance. Letter illustrations: A: Head of a bird and two snakes B: King and devil C: Bird riding a wild boar D: Plant E: Dragon F: Bird and flower G: Dog H: Walking person I: Winged dog and lizard K: Grotesque masks L: Piper wearing a hat in the shape of a bird M: Lion and thistle N: Fish in king's garb P: Pelican Q: Bird or dragon R: Masks and faces S: Lizard in king's garb T: Two griffins V: Jester U: Sun Y: Small animal and plants Français : Alphabet latin ornemental du XVI^e siècle, dont les lettres J, O, W, X et Z sont manquantes.
Date	16^th century date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Source	Delamotte, F.: “Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval” (1879) - provided by From Old Books
Author	Delamotte, F., vectorized & restored by JovanCormac

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English: Ornamental latin alphabet from the 16th century, missing the letters J, O, W, X and Z.

Other languages:

Bosanski: Ornamentalni latinski alfabet iz 16. vijeka, nedostaju slova J, O, W, X i Z.

Čeština: Ornamentální latinkové iniciály z 16. století

Dansk: Ornamenteret latinsk alfabet fra det 16. århundrede, uden bogstaverne J, O, W, X og Z.

Deutsch: Ornamentalisches lateinisches Alphabet aus dem 16. Jahrhundert; die Buchstaben J, O, W, X und Z fehlen

English: Ornamental latin alphabet from the 16th century, missing the letters J, O, W, X and Z.

Español: Alfabeto latino ornamental del siglo XVI; faltan las letras J, O, W, X y Z.

Esperanto: Ornama latina alfabeto el la 16-a jarcento. Malĉeestas J, O, W, X kaj Z.

Français : Alphabet latin ornemental du XVI^e siècle, dont les lettres J, O, W, X et Z sont manquantes.

Italiano: Alfabeto latino ornamentale del XVI secolo; mancano le lettere J, O, W, X e Z.

Magyar: Díszes latin betűk a 16. századból; a J, O, W, X és Z betűk hiányoznak.

Malti: Alfabett Latin Ornamentali mis-seklu 16; jonqsu l-ittri J, O, W, X u Z.

Nederlands: Kunstig Latijns alfabet uit de 16e eeuw zonder de letters J, O, W, X en Z.

Polski: Ozdobny łaciński alfabet z XVI wieku, brakujące inicjały: J, O, W, X i Z.

Português: Alfabeto latino ornamental do Século XVI (caracteres J, O, W, X e Z ausentes).

Македонски: Орнаментална латиница од XVI век, без буквите J, O, W, X и Z.

Русский: Декоративный латинский алфавит XVI века с пропущенными буквами J, O, W, X и Z

Українська: Декоративна латинська абетка XVI століття, букви J, O, W, X і Z пропущені.

한국어: 장식적으로 쓰인 16세기의 알파벳. 여기에는 J, O, W, X가 없다.

中文： 16世纪拉丁字母的艺术化字体。缺少了字母J、O、W、X和Z。

中文（繁體）： 16世紀拉丁字母的藝術化字體，缺少了字母J、O、W、X和Z。

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	23:00, 31 July 2022	1,000 × 486 (788 KB)	Smasongarrison	slimmed down with svgomg // Editing SVG source code using c:User:Rillke/SVGedit.js
	15:42, 3 August 2009	1,000 × 486 (1.11 MB)	JovanCormac	Rearranged the guts of the SVG's XML for better internal layout
	14:03, 29 July 2009	1,000 × 486 (1.11 MB)	JovanCormac	I just keep finding little things to fix...
	15:21, 28 July 2009	1,000 × 486 (1.11 MB)	JovanCormac	Grid is now perfectly rectangular
	11:40, 28 July 2009	1,000 × 490 (1.1 MB)	JovanCormac	Another one
	11:35, 28 July 2009	1,000 × 490 (1.1 MB)	JovanCormac	Yet another optimization that is so minuscule it's hard to see
	09:21, 28 July 2009	1,000 × 490 (1.1 MB)	JovanCormac	Found another little speck of dust. Hope this is the last edit.
	08:18, 28 July 2009	1,000 × 490 (1.1 MB)	JovanCormac	... and another one
	07:57, 28 July 2009	1,000 × 490 (1.1 MB)	JovanCormac	A few more last fixes
	07:38, 28 July 2009	1,000 × 490 (1.11 MB)	JovanCormac	Did a thorough restoration of the entire image, restoring the borders, fixing holes & tears as well as realigning the letters into a grid.