EditorialFragment of a multi-colored silk fabric, A fragment of a silk fabric with a pergola in gray, on which a basket with red fruits and also large fruits and leaves on a light-blue ground. Note: Beveled, 1.2 cm plain weave 6 edge threads., anonymous, Englan...
EditorialJames I (1556-1625), the later king of England, as a child, Portrait of James I (1556-1625), as a child. Bust, facing. After the portrait of Arnold van Bronckorst from 1574 in Edinburgh. Part of the portrait portrait collection, James I (King of Englan...
EditorialExhibition MDCCCLI. Photographs. (spine title) Book of photographs for the set of ...Works of Industry of All Nations, Claude-Marie Ferrier (French, 1811 - 1889), Sir Hugh Owen (British, 1804 - 1881), Nikolaas Henneman and Thomas Malone, London, Englan...
EditorialIchthyosaurus communis, Print, Ichthyosaurus (derived from Greek ?????/ichthys meaning 'fish' and sa????/sauros meaning 'lizard') is a genus of ichthyosaurs from the late Triassic and early Jurassic (Rhaetian - Pliensbachian) of Europe (Belgium, Englan...
EditorialSix kneeling figures worship the beast: in front, five corpses of saints mostly in armour, two with shields of arms (gules, a chevron or between three besants, and gules, a fess or between four besants). Apocalypse ('The Queen Mary Apocalypse'). Englan...
EditorialSt. Mark. Lindisfarne Gospels. N.E. England [Lindisfarne]; 710-721. [Whole folio] St.Mark, seated, with his symbol, a winged lion blowing a trumpet and carrying a book Image taken from Lindisfarne Gospels. Originally published/produced in N.E. Englan...
EditorialBas-de-page scene of the Baptism of Christ by John the Baptist, while a wingless angel at right holds Christ’s garment, with a caption reading, ‘Cy seint iohan Baptist douz ihesu crist’ . Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Taymouth Hours'). Englan...
Editorial'The dignity of the franchise'. A cartoon reproduced from 'Punch', showing a man telling a woman to leave voting to the men. [A collection of press cuttings, pamphlets, leaflets and letters mainly relating to the movement for women's suffrage in Englan...
EditorialSix kneeling figures worship the beast: in front, five corpses of saints mostly in armour, two with shields of arms (gules, a chevron or between three besants, and gules, a fess or between four besants). Apocalypse ('The Queen Mary Apocalypse'). Englan...
EditorialSir John de Grailly, captal de Buch, a founder Knight of the Order of the Garter, wearing a blue Garter mantle over plate armour and surcoat displaying his arms. Pictorial book of arms of the Order of the Garter ('William Bruges's Garter Book'). Englan...
EditorialChrist and the Doctors. Neville of Hornby Hours. England [London?]; between 1340 and 1350. [Whole folio] Salutations to the Virgin. Christ and the Doctors in the Temple Image taken from Neville of Hornby Hours. Originally published/produced in Englan...
EditorialSketch of Queen Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry VIII, seated under a canopy, crowned, with sceptres in each hand; the Archbishop of Canterbury on her right. Below, a plan for the queen's coronation dinner in Westminster Hall, 1 June 1533. Englan...
EditorialSt. Mark. Lindisfarne Gospels. N.E. England [Lindisfarne]; 710-721. [Whole folio] St.Mark, seated, with his symbol, a winged lion blowing a trumpet and carrying a book Image taken from Lindisfarne Gospels. Originally published/produced in N.E. Englan...
Editorial'Pirton's military medal sergeant'. 'Night raid on German trenches'. Newspaper report of how Sergeant A.E. Walker of the Canadian infantry, led a raid into the German trenches. For this he was awarded the Military medal. . Hertfordshire Express. Englan...
EditorialMiniature shows initial 'T', a monk standing at a desk and reading the abstract of the First Deed. A judge with other ministers of the law on the left, and John Islip, Abbot of Westminster and monks on the right. Indentures of Westminster Abbey. Englan...
EditorialBas-de-page scene of the Baptism of Christ by John the Baptist, while a wingless angel at right holds Christ’s garment, with a caption reading, ‘Cy seint iohan Baptist douz ihesu crist’ . Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Taymouth Hours'). Englan...
EditorialPortrait of King Edward III, a Knight Founder of the Order of the Garter, wearing the blue Garter mantle over plate armour and surcoat with his personal arms. . Pictorial book of arms of the Order of the Garter ('William Bruges's Garter Book'). Englan...
EditorialPerseus with Gorgon's head. Cicero's Aratus. England [Winchester?]; second quarter of 11th cent. (Whole folio) Illustration of the constellation Perseus with the Gorgon's head. Image taken from Cicero's Aratus. Originally published/produced in Englan...
EditorialFranc ? Cheval of John the Good, ca. 1350?64, Made in Poitiers, France, French, Gold, Overall: 1 1/8 x 1/16 in. (2.9 x 0.1 cm), Coins, The franc ? cheval represents the restoration of sound coinage after the treaty of Br?tigny between France and Englan...