Large decorative letters sometimes found in books?

Question: Large decorative letters sometimes found in books!?

what do you call this letter and can anyone find images of some!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

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I'm not sure if it's the same thing, but I think those are called "illuminated letters"!? Here are pictures of what I'm talking about:

http://www!.wallgallery!.co!.nz/pics/illumi!.!.!.
http://www!.mtcalligraphy!.com/marycasey-c!.!.!.

There are lots of examples if you just google "illuminated letters"!. Hope this helped!Www@QuestionHome@Com

they are called illuminated letter!. Scribes in the middle ages used them to decorate books, and help the reader to understand the story, since few could read then!. the illuminated manuscripts were hand drawn and written, because printing presses did not exist!. it's only decorativeWww@QuestionHome@Com