EditorialAlexander the Great (356-323 BCE) on a throne borne by griffins. From the mosaic floor of the cathedral of Otranto, Italy. The cathedral was built under Roger, Norman Duke of Apulia, and consecrated in 1088. The mosaic floor was completed in 1166. See ...
EditorialFacade of the cathedral of Otranto, southern Italy. The cathedral was built under Roger, Norman Duke of Apulia, and consecrated in 1088. The mosaic floor, of 1166, is a compendium of medieval knowledge and mythological lore. For mosaic see also 40-11-2...
EditorialFlint gun, Part of a couple. The castle is engraved with animals that are part of the hunt, there is a signature on the lock plate. The barrel has a trumpet engraved with hymnwork, is stamped with the arms of Utrecht and bears the signature. The flask ...
EditorialPrinted textile with lace pattern, Printed textile with lace pattern., Alsace, c. 1725 - c. 1750, cotton (textile), printing, h 97.5 cm ? w 1166 cm.
EditorialPlate with engraved decorations for earthenware with Ruth and Boaz, Copper plate with engraved representations for a milk jug with the Ruth and Boaz decor, border representations and factory stamps. Above right the text: MELKTON 24 and 1166. The back w...
EditorialA lion kills a goat, right nave. From the mosaic floor of the Cathedral of Otranto, Italy. The Cathedral was built under Roger, Norman Duke of Apulia and consecrated in 1088. The mosaic floor was finished in 1166. See also 15-03-05 / 16-42.
EditorialThe center nave and mosaic floor of the cathedral of Otranto, southern Italy. The cathedral was built under Roger, Norman Duke of Apulia, and consecrated in 1088. The mosaic floor of 1166 is a compendium of early medieval knowledge and mythological lor...
EditorialThe Goddess Diana killing a stag; from the mosaic floor of the cathedral of Otranto, southern Italy. The cathedral was built under Roger, Norman Duke of Apulia, and consecrated in 1088. The mosaic floor, of 1166, is a compendium of early medieval knowl...
Editorial[Whole folio] Drawing of Woden surrounded by his descendants; in a tract on the Heptarchy. Libellus de primo Saxonum uel Normannorum adventu. N. England; between 1153 and 1166. Source: Cotton Caligula A. VIII, f.29. Language: Latin.
EditorialThe Great Satan from the Gates of Hell. Mosaic floor of the cathedral of Otranto, southern Italy. The cathedral was built under Roger, Norman Duke of Apulia, and consecrated in 1088. The mosaic floor of 1166 is a compendium of early medieval knowledge ...
EditorialThe signs of the Zodiac from the mosaic floor of the cathedral of Otranto, southern Italy. January: a woman warms her hands; February: a woman prepares a roast piglet, a " porchetta". The cathedral was built in 1088, the mosaic floor was comp...
Editorial[Whole folio] Drawing of Woden surrounded by his descendants; in a tract on the Heptarchy. Libellus de primo Saxonum uel Normannorum adventu. N. England; between 1153 and 1166. Source: Cotton Caligula A. VIII, f.29. Language: Latin.
EditorialCharter of Waltham in the Wolds. Aston Charters. England; circa 1155-1166. [Charter and seal] Notification by Robert, Bishop of Lincoln to install Richard, nephew of Stephan de Meccet, to the parsonage of Waltham in the Wolds, co. Leics. Presented by S...
EditorialSeal of Waleran de Beaumont. England; circa 1144-1166. [Obverse of seal] Impression of seal of Waleran de Beaumont, Count of Meulan and Earl of Worcester. He is mounted, in armour, with coif [cap of mail], conical helmet with nasal, hauberk [coat of ma...
EditorialCharter of Waltham on the Wolds. Aston Charters. England; circa 1155-1166. [Charter and seal] Notification by Robert, Bishop of Lincoln, of the surrender by Torold de Waltham, of the parsonage of Waltham on the Wolds, co. Leics., in favour of Richard, ...
EditorialSeal of Waleran de Beaumont. England; circa 1144-1166. [Reverse of seal] Impression of the seal of Waleran de Beaumont, Count of Meulan and Earl of Worcester. He is mounted, in armour, with coif [cap of mail], conical helmet with nasal and backties, ha...
EditorialPortrait of John Hall (1627–1656). English poet, essayist and pamphleteer of the Commonwealth period. The Second Booke of Divine Poems. R. Daniel, Cambridge; E. J. for J. Rothwell, London, 1646-47. Source: E.1166* Frontispiece. Language: English.
EditorialThe signs of the Zodiac from the mosaic floor of the cathedral of Otranto, southern Italy. January: a woman warms her hands; February: a woman prepares a roast piglet, a " porchetta". The cathedral was built in 1088, the mosaic floor was comp...
EditorialThe signs of the Zodiac from the mosaic floor of the cathedral of Otranto, southern Italy. July: a man threshing corn with a flail; August: a vintager in Phrygian cap cuts grapes and puts them into a basket. Cathedral built in 1088, mosaic completed in...
EditorialPortrait of King John of England (1166-1216), in crown, ermine cloak over doublet. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J. Chapman from John Wilkes' Encyclopedia Londinensis, 1804.
EditorialFacade of the cathedral of Otranto, southern Italy. The cathedral was built under Roger, Norman Duke of Apulia, and consecrated in 1088. The mosaic floor, of 1166, is a compendium of medieval knowledge and mythological lore. For mosaic see al...
EditorialA raven picking at the Tree of Life. From the mosaic floor of the Cathedral of Otranto, Italy, built under Roger, Norman Duke of Apulia and consecrated in 1088. The mosaic was finished in 1166. See also 15-03-05 / 16-42.
EditorialThe mosaic floor in the center nave of the cathedral of Otranto. Construction workers building the cathedral, mosaic by the monk Pantaleone, 1166.
EditorialFacade of the cathedral of Otranto, southern Italy. The cathedral was built under Roger, Norman Duke of Apulia, and consecrated in 1088. The mosaic floor, of 1166, is a compendium of medieval knowledge and mythological lore. For mosaic see also 40-11-2...
EditorialSmall, rock-cut temple in Kalabsha, built by Pharaoh Ramses III (1198-1166 BCE). When the new high dam was built and Lake Nasser flooded the Nile Valley, the Nubian temples were moved to higher locations under a UNESCO project completed in 1968.20th dy...
EditorialA naval battle against the sea-peoples. Soldiers cling to masts, fall into the sea, drown. Bodies drifting in the waves. From the outer facade of the Temple of Ramses III (1198-1166 BCE), 20th Dynasty, New Kingdom. Medinet Habu, Egypt.