Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Book of Thel: Lettering and Entwined Figures
Pink and orange letters rise through curling stems and blue sky. A standing woman watches two small intertwined figures beside a huge flower and long curved leaves. The complete title design joins the poem’s name with images of growth, flight and human encounter.
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William Blake. "The Book of Thel: Lettering and Entwined Figures" [editorial title]. In The Book of Thel, William Blake. Eight-plate digital facsimile assembled from individually catalogued Yale Center for British Art photographs; historical title dated 1789. Google Art Project images via Wikimedia Commons., undated edition, William Blake (historical plates). Source scan leaf 2. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/thel-title
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Historical source image. Editorial titles and interpretations are identified as such; paper tone and historical marks retained.
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William Blake. The Book of Thel: Lettering and Entwined Figures. The Book of Thel. Scan leaf 2. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/thel-title