EditorialBas-de-page scene of a man playing a fife and drum, with a man on his shoulder. Below, a bad baker is being dragged on a horse-drawn hurdle with his deficient loaf of bread around his neck. Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield...
EditorialA bas-de-page scene of a woman on horseback dragging a man, who is lying on a hurdle. Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals'). France, S. (Toulouse?); last quarter of the 13th century or 1st quarter of the 14th centur...
EditorialCol. Despard. Memoirs of the Life of Col. M. Despard, now under. Tegg & Castleman: London, 1803. Edward Marcus Despard (1751-1803). Irish conspirator. Portrait. He was accused of being involved in a conspiracy to assassinate the King, and to seize the ...
EditorialSanger's Fete & Gala. A collection of pamphlets, handbills, and miscella. London, c. 1882. A poster for a performance by 'war arabs' (Arabian horses), Kioffoles and the Abyssinian war horse. Exciting flat & hurdle racing & steeple chasing. Image taken...