EditorialBox with Samples of Metal Shrouds, Casket with eleven samples of iron wire for standing mittens, all mittens with six rope strands around a seventh, all strands and heart consisting of seven yarns. They are each tied together with rope and yellow paper...
EditorialWarship Vasa. Built at 1626-1628 on the orders of the King of Sweden Gustavus Adolphus. Deadeyes, chainplate and shrouds. Vasa Museum. Stockholm. Sweden.
EditorialWarship Vasa. Built at 1626-1628 on the orders of the King of Sweden Gustavus Adolphus. Deadeyes, chainplate and shrouds. Gunport. Vasa Museum. Stockholm. Sweden.
EditorialBas-de-page scene of the Three Dead, of three skeletal cadavers, two partially wrapped in shrouds, with a caption reading, ‘Y was wel fair. Scuch ssaltou be. For godes love be war with me’ . Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Taymouth Hours'). Engla...
Editorial"The coxwain loosed his grasp upon the shrouds ...". A fight in the sails. Jim Hawkins shooting Israel Hands. Treasure Island ... New edition, with original illustrations by Wal Paget. London : Cassell & Co., 1899. Source: 012624.f.3 frontispiece. Lang...
EditorialJim Hawkins, up in the mizzen shrouds, threatening to shoot Israel Hands. Treasure Island ... Illustrated. London : Cassell & Co., 1903. Source: 12651.h.2.(5).
EditorialThree skeletons in shrouds attacking with darts a hunting party of two men and a lady, perhaps an allusion to the death of Mary of Burgundy; in an architectural framework with skulls below. From the Vigils of the Dead. Book of Hours. S. Netherlands (Br...
EditorialTomb of Archduchess Margarete von _sterreich, daughter of Emperor Maximilian I, Governess of the Netherlands. Two-tiered organization of French Royal tombs: below the perishable body swathed in shrouds, above the Arch-duchess still clad in the garments...
EditorialFragmentary shroud featuring a portrait of a woman with ornate jewelry. Such shrouds were wrapped around the body, the portrait placed over the face. Date/Period: 4th century. Shroud. Tempera on linen Tempera on linen.
EditorialHanging with Polychrome Columns, 5th?6th century, Found Egypt, near Damietta, Linen, wool, H. 82 in. (208.3 cm), Textiles, This grand hanging is part of a set of at least four that also included depictions of colorful columns topped by heads in medalli...
EditorialGold Appliqu? in the Form of a Cross, ca. 600, Langobardic, Gold, Overall: 1 1/4 x 1 1/4in. (3.2 x 3.2cm), Metalwork-Gold, Once they were in Italy, the Langobards adopted the custom of sewing one or more crosses on the shrouds of the deceased. The orig...
EditorialHanging with Polychrome Columns, 5th?6th century, Found Egypt, near Damietta, Linen, wool; tapestry weave, H. 90 1/2 in. (229.9 cm), Textiles, This grand hanging is part of a set of at least four that also included depictions of colorful columns topped...
EditorialGold Appliqu? in the Form of a Cross, ca. 600, Langobardic, Gold, Overall: 1 5/16 x 1 1/4in. (3.4 x 3.2cm), Metalwork-Gold, Once they were in Italy, the Langobards adopted the custom of sewing one or more crosses on the shrouds of the deceased. The ori...
EditorialGold Appliqu? in the Form of a Cross, ca. 600, Langobardic, Gold, Overall: 1 1/4 x 1 1/4in. (3.2 x 3.2cm), Metalwork-Gold, Once they were in Italy, the Langobards adopted the custom of sewing one or more crosses on the shrouds of the deceased. The orig...
EditorialGold Appliqu? in the Form of a Cross, ca. 600, Langobardic, Gold, Overall: 1 13/16 x 1 3/4in. (4.6 x 4.5cm), Metalwork-Gold, Once they were in Italy, the Langobards adopted the custom of sewing one or more crosses on the shrouds of the deceased. The or...
EditorialGold Appliqu? in the Form of a Cross, ca. 600, Langobardic, Gold, Overall: 1 5/16 x 1 5/16in. (3.3 x 3.3cm), Metalwork-Gold, Once they were in Italy, the Langobards adopted the custom of sewing one or more crosses on the shrouds of the deceased. The or...
EditorialWarship Vasa. Built at 1626-1628 on the orders of the King of Sweden Gustavus Adolphus. Deadeyes, chainplate and shrouds. Vasa Museum. Stockholm. Sweden.
EditorialWarship Vasa. Built at 1626-1628 on the orders of the King of Sweden Gustavus Adolphus. Deadeyes, chainplate and shrouds. Gunport. Vasa Museum. Stockholm. Sweden.
EditorialThe Battle of Trafalgar, as Seen from the Mizen Starboard Shrouds of the Victory 1806-8 Canvas; 1708 x 2388 mm frame: 2181 x 2860 x 190 mm N00480.
EditorialTomb of Archduchess Margarete von _sterreich, daughter of Emperor Maximilian I, Governess of the Netherlands. Two-tiered organization of French Royal tombs: below the perishable body swathed in shrouds, above the Arch-duchess still clad in the garments...