EditorialHeater plate with the rich and the poor man, Heater plate made of cast iron, divided into two zones. In the upper zone you can see a banquet at the top center with a richly dressed man surrounded by a few men. To the left of the table is another man in...
EditorialRich man and Lazarus Title page for: H. Hillers, The gelkeny of the ryke man and Lazarus, 1698, The history of Lazarus and the rich man in one major and five minor representations. The rich man's meal is shown as a central representation, the rich man ...
EditorialTop left compartment: Sobriety as a crowned female figure standing on a bear holding a medallion of a green parrot, with an inscription above 'sobriete'. Top right compartment: Gluttony as a young man seated at a full table and vomiting, with an inscri...
EditorialMilking a cow with a calf. Bestiary. England (Salisbury?); 1230-1240. (Whole folio) A cow licking its calf and being milked by a woman. Image taken from Bestiary. Originally published/produced in England (Salisbury?); 1230-1240. . Source: Harley 4751...
EditorialA wild animal. An adult mother bear licking her cub, to give it its shape. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter of the ...
EditorialBear licking a cub into shape. Bestiary. England (Salisbury?); 1230-1240. (Whole folio) A bear licking into shape its cub which is born eyeless and unformed. Image taken from Bestiary. Originally published/produced in England (Salisbury?); 1230-1240....
EditorialInitial 'D'; David. Percy Psalter. England [Diocese of York]; circa 1280-1290. (Whole folio) Psalter. Psalm 26. Initial 'D', with three scenes of David. David challenging Goliath; David slaying Goliath; anointing of David. Line fillers and borders. Low...
EditorialTop left compartment: Sobriety as a crowned female figure standing on a bear holding a medallion of a green parrot, with an inscription above 'sobriete'. Top right compartment: Gluttony as a young man seated at a full table and vomiting, with an inscri...
Editorial(Whole page) Temporale. First Sunday after Pentecost. Text with initial 'D', Dives and Lazarus. Dives at a banquet table; outside, Lazarus with an empty bowl and dogs licking his sores. Marginal decoration. Sherborne Missal. Sherborne, co. Dorset; circ...
EditorialEtruscan Art. Italy. Funerary monument with dying Adonis. The young god, wounded in his left thigh, is reclining on a draped couch. On the footstool, marked by two mantled little busts, a crouching dogs is licking himself. From ancient Tuscania. Second...
EditorialEtruscan Art. Italy. Funerary monument with dying Adonis. The young god, wounded in his left thigh, is reclining on a draped couch. On the footstool, marked by two mantled little busts, a crouching dogs is licking himself. From ancient Tuscania. Second...
EditorialThe honey-sucker-a putto licking his finger. The honey stands for the sweetness of the words of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, whose statue is next to the little putto. 1748-1750.