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Editorial Sculpture on the banister of the ambo: The figure left, sitting, could be Emperor Friedrich I Hohenstaufen, handing the scepter to his son Heinrich VI; the other two could be Friedrich II and his son Konradin. If the third figure is female, she could b...
Editorial Tamausagi songoku, Songoku and jewel hare., Taiso, Yoshitoshi, 1839-1892, artist, [between 1885 and 1890], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 32 x 21.8 cm., Print shows Son Goku, a monkey sometimes known as the Monkey King, holding a spiked sceptre and glaring...
Editorial Tamausagi songoku, Songoku and jewel hare., Taiso, Yoshitoshi, 1839-1892, artist, [between 1885 and 1890], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 32 x 21.8 cm., Print shows Son Goku, a monkey sometimes known as the Monkey King, holding a spiked sceptre and glaring...
Editorial La Vierge ? la couronne d'?toiles et au sceptre, Bisson Fr?res (French, active 1840 - 1864), Paris, France, 1861, Albumen silver print, 11.5 ? 7.2 cm (4 1/2 ? 2 13/16 in.).
Editorial The King of Cambodia standing with a sceptre in his right hand.
Editorial Negative - Victoria, pre 1930, A group, largely in fancy dress (the two small boys in the front are wearing street clothes). The woman in the centre is dressed as a queen with a crown, robe and sceptre.
Editorial A Roman emperor sitting in a niche holding a sceptre in his raised left hand and a globe in his right hand.
Editorial A Roman emperor sitting in a niche holding a globe and sceptre and looking to his left.
Editorial Realm of Juno.
Editorial France. Pari_s. Notre Dame cathedral. Portal of St. Anne. Tympanum (c. 1150). Romanesque. Virgin and Child. Mary is enthroned under a canopy, wearing a crown and holding a sceptre; the Christ Child holds the Book of the Law and raises one hand in bless...
Editorial East Roman Emperor Justinian I (482-565) with crown and sceptre. Mosaic.
Editorial The " Sarcophagus of the Satrap", from the Phoenician royal necropolis at Sidon. The satrap sits on a throne-like chair, holding a sceptre. He wears leather shoes and anaxyrides (Oriental long trousers). Detail of 10-01-09 / 16. Marble,145 x ...
Editorial King Edward III of England, 14th century, in blue cape trimmed with ermine, red tunic bordered with gold. From his sepulchral monument in Westminster Abbey, London, with gold crown from the monument to Henry III, sceptre from paintings of Richard II, a...
Editorial Creon, King of Corinth, in Greek regal costume with diadem. King Agamemnon in chamys with sceptre and parazonium (dagger) .
Editorial Factum Est A [Jehova] Et Est Mirabile'. Psalm 118: 23. The full line is "A Domino factum est istud hoc est mirabile in oculis nostris.", translates as "This is the Lord's doing and it is wonderful in our eyes." A print celebrating and congratulating F...
Editorial Miniature in nine parts of two six-winged seraphim standing on wheels, three four-winged archangels holding a sceptre, a sword and sceptre, and (Michael, in armour) a battle-axe, a six-winged angel standing before an altar, three six-winged angels, one...
Editorial Sanctorale. A king holding a book and sceptre. Border containing flowers. Text and initials. Isabella Breviary. Breviary, Use of the Dominicans ('The Breviary of Queen Isabella of Castile'). c1497. Source: Add. 18851 f.472v.
Editorial Historiated initial 'D'(eus) at the beginning of Lauds: the Presentation in the Temple, Simeon holding Christ, Christ and his parents arriving at Jerusalem for the passover, Mary finding Christ among the doctors. In the border, a pope wearing a crown a...
Editorial A king figure, seated, holding a sceptre and red object. Two guards laying on the floor. An allegorical coloured woodcut. . Cy commence Ouide de Salmone?n son liure jntitule Metamorphose. Contena?t XV. liures particuliers moralisie par maistre Thomas...
Editorial Ceremonies of the Cult of Isis.
Editorial Breast-Length Portrait of a Tsar with an Orb and Sceptre.
Editorial The Virgin and Child with Crown and Sceptre on a Crescent. Unknown Artist; Southern Germany, mid-15th century. Date: 1455-1465. Dimensions: 167 ? 111 mm (image); 195 ? 134 mm (sheet). Woodcut printed in dark brown through rubbing, hand-colored in red l...
Editorial The King of Cambodia standing with a sceptre in his right hand.
Editorial A Roman emperor sitting in a niche holding a sceptre in his raised left hand and a globe in his right hand.
Editorial A Roman emperor sitting in a niche holding a globe and sceptre and looking to his left.
Editorial Realm of Juno.
Editorial Charles the Bald (823-877). King of West Francia, Italy, and Holy Roman Emperor. He sits on the throne holding orb and sceptre, with two weapon-carriers holding his sword, shield and lance, and his consort and her lady in waiting. Handcoloured copperpl...
Editorial SCEPTRE.
Editorial SCEPTRE.
Editorial SCEPTRE.
Editorial Woman Attended by Servants; Emblematic Symbol; Sceptre (from Sketchbook).
Editorial Sceptre plaque.
Editorial Woman Attended by Servants; Emblematic Symbol; Sceptre (from Sketchbook).
Editorial Paranomus sceptrum-gustavianum (Sparrm.) Hylander (King Gustav's sceptre). Draughtsman: Robert Jacob Gordon. Dating: Oct-1777 - Mar-1786. Measurements: h 660 mm ? w 480 mm; h 540 mm ? w 364 mm.
Editorial Calendar page for July. Mirandola Hours. Italy, circa 1490-1499. [Whole folio] Calendar page for July. At top, Leo; on right, Jove with a sceptre, his car drawn by four white horses abreast; at foot, a man threshing corn Image taken from Mirandola Hour...
Editorial Napoleon III (1808-73), 1855. Napoleon holding a hand of Justice, stands by a table on which are laid his crown and sceptre. He is dressed in a uniform consisting of a dark green coat with facings of gold, white breeches and high military boots. He wea...
Editorial Illustration of the Fourth Treatise: a young king with ball and sceptre standing on a crescent moon in a glass vessel; borders decorated with birds and flowers; outside the niche, hunting, shooting and fishing scenes. Splendor Solis. Germany, 1582. Sou...
Editorial Louis XIV offers the Madonna a crown and sceptre.
Editorial Painting removed from a wall of a room, possibly a triclinium or dining room, in a house in Pompeii in 1749. It shows a woman with a branch of lemons and a gold sceptre. Could it be Pax, the goddess of peace, or Venus with her blue mantle, or a prieste...
Editorial Two seats for Venus and Mars found in Resina in 1748. Two genii or cupids decorate the seat of Venus above with myrtle and a sceptre, while two genii decorate the seat of Mars below with a helmet, shield and laurel. Copperplate engraved by Tommaso Piro...
Editorial The coronation of Harold II; he receives sword and sceptre. Bayeux Tapestry, embroidery (11th) .
Editorial Calendar page for February. Mirandola Hours. Italy, circa 1490-1499. [Whole folio] Calendar page for February. At top, Pisces; on right, Jupiter with a sceptre, his car drawn by two swans; at foot, a man lopping vines or cutting faggots Image taken fro...
Editorial Emperor Maximilian I (1459-1519), with crown, sceptre, and sword.
Editorial A great poet, perhaps Aeschylus with his sceptre, dictating a tragedy. A woman kneels before a tragic mask. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum (Antichita di Ercolano), Rome, 1790.
Editorial Jupiter in the clouds with his symbols of a crown of oak leaves, thunderbolt, rainbow, eagle and sceptre, and Bacchus and Ariadne serenaded by Apollo on his lyre at their wedding. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculan...
Editorial Federico da Montefeltro, (1422?1482), condottieri of the Italian Renaissance, and Duke of Urbino from 1444, with his son Guidobaldo. He wears a brocade cape over a suit of steel armour and gold chainmail, with his helmet at his feet. His son wears a si...
Editorial Austrian Imperial Crown (1602), made for Rudolf II by the Imperial Court Workshops in Prague; with orb and sceptre, made after 1612 by Osenbruck under Matthias, brother and successor of Rudolf, to complement the crown.
Editorial Emperor Friedrich III (1415-1493). Official portrait with crown, sceptre and sword. The Emperor wears a chain of vases with handles and a griffin, the insignia of the Aragonese Order of the Jug. Wood, 78,5 x 51,5 cm, Inv. 4398.
Editorial East Roman Emperor Justinian I (482-565) with crown and sceptre. Mosaic.
Editorial Claudius as Caesar and God. Sceptre, trophy, chained Barbarian. Sardonyx, 2 layers, frame (19th) Height 7 cm Inv. IX A 54.
Editorial Bronze and iron sceptre from the tomb of a princess on the Duerrnberg, Hallein, Austria.
Editorial A coloured woodcut of a (Hungarian ?) king, seated, holding a sceptre and orb. Begin. [fol. 2 verso:] Serenissimo ac inuictissimo principi ac dno dno Mathiae hugariae bohemiae regi Theobaldus fegher, etc. 1488. Source: I.B.6664 page 148.
Editorial The Annunciation. Benedictional of St. Aethelwold. Winchester; 971-984. [Whole folio] Preface to the blessing for the First Sunday in Advent. The Annunciation. The Angel appears to the Virgin, who is seated under a domed baldachino, a symbol of the hea...
Editorial King Richard II. Nova Statuta [Statutes from Edward III to Henry VI. [Whole folio] Text, with initial 'R', King Richard II enrobed and crowned, holding orb and sceptre. Decorated foliate border Image taken from Nova Statuta [Statutes from Edward III t...
Editorial Calendar page for July. Mirandola Hours. Italy, circa 1490-1499. [Whole folio] Calendar page for July. At top, Leo; on right, Jove with a sceptre, his car drawn by four white horses abreast; at foot, a man threshing corn Image taken from Mirandola Hour...
Editorial Border and drawing of Octaviano Augusto. Augustus Caesar, founder of the Roman Empire and its first Emperor. Seated, holding a sceptre and sword. Incomincia il Libro degli Homini Famosi. Rure Polliano : Felix Antiquarius et Innocens Ziletus, 1476. Figu...
Editorial The judgements of Solomon. Bible Historiale. France; mid 15th century. (Miniature only) Four scenes showing the wisdom of King Solomon. Top left, Solomon, seated left, with attendant behind, holding sceptre, instructing Rehoboam, sitting naked on a blu...
Editorial A white dragon biting on the moon, and standing on a winged mappa mundi -style orb; from its belly, three red strands are descending, one each to a black, white and gold orb below. - verses; to the left, a man in peasant dress holding a staff that ends...
Editorial A contemporary engraving showing the reinvestiture of Oliver Cromwell in Westminster Hall on 26 June 1657. The speaker of the House of Commons presented the Protector with an ermine-lined robe, a gilt and embossed bible, a sword of state and a gold sce...
Editorial The garden surrounded by dark green trees: in the background, Charles enthroned, with crown and sceptre, between two queens (Spiritual Power and Temporal Power); in front, the clerk and knight, and below, the dreamer lying on the ground. Le Songe du Ve...
Editorial King with disputing fool. St Omer Psalter. England [Mulbarton, co. Norfolk?]; circa 1325-1330. [Whole folio] End of Psalm 51. Psalm 52, beginning with initial 'D'. A seated king, with crown and sceptre, with four knights in mail armour, disputing with ...
Editorial Historiated initial 'C'(ome) of King Edward III, crowned with a sceptre on a throne, and a full border with a dragon, at the beginning of the first statute of Edward III. Nova Statuta for Edward III. England, S. E. (London?); c. 1392. Source: Arundel 3...
Editorial Factum Est A [Jehova] Et Est Mirabile'. Psalm 118: 23. The full line is "A Domino factum est istud hoc est mirabile in oculis nostris.", translates as "This is the Lord's doing and it is wonderful in our eyes." A print celebrating and congratulating F...
Editorial Henry VIII; Duke of Buckingham. Parliament Procession Roll of 1512. England; early 17th century. [Part of roll] Edward Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, carrying a sword, and King Henry VIII, with sceptre, under the canopy held by four bearers; in the roya...
Editorial Groups of figures admire the bronze monument to José I of Portugal, with the king dressed in armour. He is holding a sceptre and riding a horse that tramples over thorns and serpents on a pedestal decorated with a bronze bust portrait relief of the Ma...
Editorial Miniature shows the enthronement of the Queen, Jeanne de Bourbon, on the cathedral, and her crown sustained. She is seated, holding her sceptre and verge. With her are the Archbishop of Rheims and the Bishop of Beauvais. The Count of Toulouse and Count...
Editorial Miniature in nine parts of two six-winged seraphim standing on wheels, three four-winged archangels holding a sceptre, a sword and sceptre, and (Michael, in armour) a battle-axe, a six-winged angel standing before an altar, three six-winged angels, one...
Editorial A print of William Rogers's celebrated full-length portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, standing in a room with a latticed window. The Queen is holding her orb and sceptre, and wears an elaborate, jeweled farthingale gown; ropes of pearls and a pearl corone...
Editorial Seal of Edward III. England; 1364. [Obverse of seal] Impression of the Seventh Seal of King Edward III. In the centre, the king is seated under a carved canopy, with a crown, and holding an orb and sceptre. At his side, are small figures of the Virgin ...
Editorial Historiated initial 'M'(emini) of Jerome; historiated initial 'V'(erba) of Solomon enthroned with a sceptre and orb. Bible (the 'Big' or 'Great Bible'), with the Gospel of Nicodemus and the Interpretation of Hebrew names. England, S. E. (London?); 1st ...
Editorial 'Sanctus Edwardus', Edward the Confessor, standing with a sceptre and a book. standing. Chronicle of England. England, N.; c. 1307 - c. 1327. Source: Royal 20 A.II f.5. Language: Latin and French.
Editorial Three Maries at the Sepulchre. Benedictional of St. Aethelwold. Winchester; 971-984. [Whole folio] Preface to the blessing for Easter Sunday; the Three Maries at the Sepulchre. The Angel, with a sceptre, sits at the entrance of the tomb, inside which t...
Editorial Europe, the first part of the world, in female form.', 1581. A map of Europe in the shape of a person wearing a mitre, and holding an orb and a sceptre. [Itinerarium et chronicon ecclesiasticum totius Sacr? Scriptur?. Hoc est omnium itinerum temporu...
Editorial Opening of Proverbs. Bible. France; circa 1260. [Whole folio] Beginning of the Book of Proverbs. Rehoboam with book on his lap, sitting at the feet of King Solomon, who holds a birch rod. Below, Solomon enthroned with crown and sceptre; a soldier in ar...
Editorial Engraving of a king holding a sceptre and orb and wearing a crown and robe. The Bewick Collector. A supplement to a descriptive catalogue of the works of T. and J. Bewick; consisting of additions to the various divisions of cuts, wood blocks, etc. Lond...
Editorial Historiated initial 'E'(dward) of Edward IV enthroned, holding an orb and sceptre, with religious and lay men to his right and left, respectively, at the beginning of the statues issued during his reign. The Gill/Gyll arms are in the lower border. Nova...
Editorial Seal of Robert III of Scotland. Scotland; circa 1400-1406. [Obverse of seal] Impression of seal of King Robert III of Scotland. The king enthroned, holding a sceptre fleur-de-lizé, his left hand on his breast Originally published/produced in Scotland...
Editorial Oliver Cromwell. The Pourtraiture of His Royal Highness, Oliver lat. T. N. for Edward Thomas: London, 1659. Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658). Portrait. English soldier and statesman. Portrayed as a king wearing a crown, and holding a sceptre and an orb. Im...
Editorial The relic of St George. Pageant XXXV. Procession with Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick wearing a heraldic surcoart and carrying the Emperor's sword. He is followed by the Emperor Sigismond wearing a triple crown, and carring an orb and sceptre; and t...
Editorial The Wheel of Fortune. Holkham Bible Picture Book. England, circa 1320-1330. [whole folio] The queen is in the centre of the wheel. The four figures of a king round the wheel are grasping, wearing, losing, and without a crown, referring to their ascent ...
Editorial Miniature in two parts of thirteen saints (confessors), nine on the upper register and four on the lower register, without nimbi or emblems, including a pope (Leo) and a king. A bas-de-page scene of Margaret standing in custody before the prefect (who ...
Editorial Seal of the Bishop of Lincoln. England; 1496. [Seal only] Impression of the seal of William Smith, Bishop of Lincoln.The Virgin crowned, seated in a canopied niche, with a long sceptre in the right hand, and supporting the Child in the other. The Child...
Editorial Napoleon III (1808-73), 1855. Napoleon holding a hand of Justice, stands by a table on which are laid his crown and sceptre. He is dressed in a uniform consisting of a dark green coat with facings of gold, white breeches and high military boots. He wea...
Editorial King James I enthroned. Lyte Pedigree. England; circa 1605. [1st part of roll] Genealogical roll tracing descent of King James I from Brutus. The beginning of roll shows James I enthroned, beneath a canopy with orb and sceptre, and wearing crown and ga...
Editorial Illustration of the Third Parable: a queen or king holding a sceptre and golden ball; behind, a crowned figure swimming or drowning; borders decorated with birds, flowers and a butterfly. Splendor Solis. Germany, 1582. Source: Harley 3469, f.16v. Langu...
Editorial Coronation of the Virgin. Book of Hours. France; 15th century. [Whole folio] Office of the Virgin at Compline.The Virgin kneels before God the Father, who is seated under a canopy, with crown and sceptre. An angel holds a crown over the Virgin.Text beg...
Editorial Calendar page for February. Mirandola Hours. Italy, circa 1490-1499. [Whole folio] Calendar page for February. At top, Pisces; on right, Jupiter with a sceptre, his car drawn by two swans; at foot, a man lopping vines or cutting faggots Image taken fro...
Editorial Miniature shows King Charles V of France enthroned, with a crown, sword and sceptre, between the Knight and the Clerk. Le Songe du Vergier. France, 1378. Source: Royal 19 C. IV, f.154. Language: French.
Editorial Sanctorale. A king holding a book and sceptre. Border containing flowers. Text and initials. Isabella Breviary. Breviary, Use of the Dominicans ('The Breviary of Queen Isabella of Castile'). c1497. Source: Add. 18851 f.472v.
Editorial Historiated initial 'C'(ome) depicting Edward III enthroned, holding an orb and sceptre, with religious and lay men to his right and left, respectively, at the beginning of the statues issued during his reign. The Gill/Gyll arms are in the lower border...
Editorial (Fourth section): An orange sun with a human face; beneath, three animals: to the left, a red lion, affronté , a white eagle perching on its head and holding a horseshoe in its beak; in the centre, a red lion, affronté , a cockatrice perching on its ...
Editorial Napoleon Bonaparte. A full-length portrait of Napoleon in his robes of state. The painting is seven and a half feet high, and four and a half wide. The Emperor is represented standing upon the steps of his throne, dressed in a tunic of white satin, emb...
Editorial King Henry VII seated on a throne, with crown and sceptre, presenting the book of indentures to John Islip, Abbot of Westminster, who keels with his monks before the king. Indentures of Westminster Abbey. England [Westminster]; early 16th century. Sour...
Editorial Hebrew king in his robes, crown and sceptre. The New Covenant between God and His People; or, the Hebrew constitution and charter; with the statutes and ordinances, the laws and regulations, and commands and covenants. [Edited by John Finleyson. With p...
Editorial Seal of Queen Anne. England; 1707-1714. [Obverse of seal] Impression of the Third Seal of Queen Anne. The Queen enthroned, holding a sceptre and orb, her feet on a tasselled cushion. The throne is carved in renaissence style, with semicircular head, su...
Editorial Miniature of the personification of Philosophy, crowned and holding a sceptre. Address in verse to Robert of Anjou, King of Naples, from the town of Prato in Tuscany (the 'Regia Carmina'). Italy, Central (Tuscany); c. 1335-c. 1340. Source: Royal 6 E. I...
Editorial (Figures from left to right): Fig.14 : Maud, empress of Rome, with triple crown, mound and sceptre; Fig.15 : King John. In chain armour, shield showing the arms of England (three lions), the lion of England at this feet. Fig.16: King Edward IV, wearing...
Editorial Seal of Robert II of Scotland. Scotland; 1386. [Obverse of seal] Impression of the seal of King Robert II of Scotland. The king enthroned with crown fleury of five leaves, holds a sceptre terminating with a foliated ornament, his left hand on his breas...
Editorial Drawing of a king holding a sceptre . Westminster Psalter. England (Westminster or St Albans); circa 1250. Source: Royal 2 A. XXII, f.219v. Language: Latin.
Editorial Left- historiated initial 'A'(ncilla) of a woman holding a jar. Right- historiated initial 'A'(nglia) of the king of England with a sword and a herald holding a sceptre, and a shield with the arms of England (France and England quarterly). Omne Bonum (...