Monogram

Under a monogram was understood originally a single letter. Over time the term to describe ornate letters was used, which can put together a sign.

The most commonly used type of monogram is the interconnected design of the first letter of the first and last name as name characters. A sign that includes all the letters of the name in the type of monogram called kalogram in English.

Since Charlemagne, these graphic symbols used in medieval documents; on papal documents is since Leo IX. the salutation Bene valete ( " Leb ( e) t well " ) as a monogram.

A special monogram is the student circle.

In the 19th and early 20th centuries was characterized by linen embroidered monograms, to avoid confusion with the washing and rotary ironers.