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...
EditorialPuglia Piana Land of Barri Otranto etc., Map of the Apulia region, Calabria, Sicily, Fig. 113, p. 531, Gerhard Mercator, Jodocus Hondius, Jansson: Atlas minor Gerardi Mercatoris. Amsterodami: ex officina Ioannis Ianssonii, MDCXXXIIII [1634].
EditorialNotepaper - RMS Otranto, Orient Line, circa 1950s, Four sheets of notepaper provided for passengers correspondence on board the RMS Otranto. It was collected by Margaret Wood during her own leisure travelling, not as part of her work for the Department...
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...
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...
EditorialIllustrated frontispiece showing a castle. . The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story ... Second Edition. [By H. W., i.e. H. Walpole, Earl of Orford.] MS. note [by the author]. London : William Bathoe & Thomas Lownds, 1765. Source: C.40.c.24, frontispiec...
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. May: a woman in festive dress holds the blossoming branches of a tree; June: a farmer with phrygian cap harvesting corn. The cathedral was built in 1088, the mos...
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...