EditorialCrucifix, Juan Carre?o de Miranda (Spanish, 1614-1685), 1658, oil on panel, 19 x 12-1/2 in., Inscribed at the bottom of the cross: PHILIPPO. IV., DEI, GRATIA., HISPANORUM. GENTIUM., REGE., CULTO. ET. AMOREI, CHRISTI CRUCIFIXI, EFIGIEM, A. JOANNE CARRE?...
EditorialCertificate 'Carolos Secundus In gratia ...', Certificate, hijacker letter against the VOC, issued by Privy Council, English, handwritten text with start and end formula in Latin, l.b. portrait (Charles II), b. ships (Dutch and English) in battle, in w...
EditorialBox by Peter the Great, Flat oval ivory box with lid turned by Tsar Peter the Great and honored by him to his physician Nicolaas Bidloo. On the underside an inscription is engraved over the entire surface, decorations carved on the lid, with three star...
EditorialVirgin and Child, knee-length Virgin and Child, in relief, of polychrome and gilt stucco. Sitting, shown to the knees and three-quarters to the right. Maria is wearing a veil over her head. The child, frontally, is placed on her lap in half standing, h...
EditorialSigismund I, Oval plaque with the bust of Sigismund I on the lower half, with the entire figure facing to the right. The man has curly hair, beard and mustache. On his head he has a crown with points. two ends of a ribbon are visible behind his head. H...
EditorialCrucifix, Juan Carre?o de Miranda (Spanish, 1614-1685), 1658, oil on panel, 19 x 12-1/2 in., Inscribed at the bottom of the cross: PHILIPPO. IV., DEI, GRATIA., HISPANORUM. GENTIUM., REGE., CULTO. ET. AMOREI, CHRISTI CRUCIFIXI, EFIGIEM, A. JOANNE CARRE?...
EditorialMercury as protector of commerce and the arts, 1596, copperplate engraving, sheet: 25.5 x 17.7 cm (slightly trimmed within the margin of the plate), U. l., numbered: 6, inscribed under the image field: Me Dys commendat facund [a] e gratia lingu [a] e, ...
EditorialAdoration of the shepherds and flight to Egypt (inside pages), Annunciation (Exterior), 2nd quarter of the 16th century, oil on panel, 74 x 22 cm (wing), not marked., On the angel's writing: Ave gratia plena dominus, Fl?mischer Meister, 16. Jh.
EditorialGratia Dei cranesbill, Geranium batrachioides, and bloody cranesbill, Geranium sanguineum. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557. This from a 17th century pirate edition...
EditorialBaro. A man wearing a red ermine trimmed garment. Nobilitas politica et civilis. Personas scilicet distinguendi et ab origine inter gentes, ex Principum gratia nobilititandi forma. Typis G. Jaggard: London, 1608. Source: 605.h.12, page 61.
EditorialHabitus Ducalis. A man weairng a brown ermine trimmed garment, and a crown. Nobilitas politica et civilis. Personas scilicet distinguendi et ab origine inter gentes, ex Principum gratia nobilititandi forma. Typis G. Jaggard: London, 1608. Source: 605.h...
EditorialHerba gratia dei. Gratiola officinalis, known as Hedge-Hyssop. The root and herb are still used in herbal medicine. . Coloured drawings of plants, copied from nature in the Roman States, by Gerardo Cibo. Vol. I. Pietro Andrea Mattioli, Physician, of S...
EditorialThe First Printed Edition of the Magna Carta. Magna Carta cum aliis Antiquis Statutis (Magna Carta with other Ancient Statutes), published by Pynson in 1508 with the privilege of the Crown, was the first printed copy of the Latin text of Magna Carta. I...
EditorialA map of England and Wales with an alphabetical table of all the cities and market towns in England and Wales. [Angliae totius tabula cum distantijs notioribus in Itinerantium usum accommodata. Johannes Adams ... descripsit. An Alphabetical Table of al...
EditorialMarchio. A man weairng a brown ermine trimmed garment, and a crown. Nobilitas politica et civilis. Personas scilicet distinguendi et ab origine inter gentes, ex Principum gratia nobilititandi forma. Typis G. Jaggard: London, 1608. Source: 605.h.12, pag...
EditorialVice-Comes. A man wearing a red ermine trimmed garment. Nobilitas politica et civilis. Personas scilicet distinguendi et ab origine inter gentes, ex Principum gratia nobilititandi forma. Typis G. Jaggard: London, 1608. Source: 605.h.12, page 65.
EditorialThe First Printed Edition of the Magna Carta. Magna Carta cum aliis Antiquis Statutis (Magna Carta with other Ancient Statutes), published by Pynson in 1508 with the privilege of the Crown, was the first printed copy of the Latin text of Magna Carta. I...
EditorialPage of manuscript from 'The Desert of Religion'. The Desert of Religion and other poems and religious pieces,. etc. mostly illustrated, in Northern English. " Of actyfe lyfe and contemplatyfe, declaracion part prose, part verse. Beg. " I beseke pe rev...
EditorialIllustrated page from 'The Desert of Religion'. The Desert of Religion and other poems and religious pieces,. etc. mostly illustrated, in Northern English. The Desert of Religion and other poems and religious pieces,. etc. mostly illustrated, in Northe...
EditorialGratia Dei, from Proposopographia, ca. 1585?90, Engraving, plate: 6 1/16 x 3 9/16 in. (15.4 x 9.1 cm), Prints, Philips Galle (Netherlandish, Haarlem 1537?1612 Antwerp).
EditorialGratia Dei cranesbill, Geranium batrachioides, and bloody cranesbill, Geranium sanguineum. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557. This from a 17th century pirate edition...
EditorialHalf-crown silver coin of Oliver Cromwell, 1658. The Latin inscription reads: OLIVAR.D.G.RP.ANG.SCO.ET.HIB&cPRO (OLIVARIUS DEI GRATIA REIPUBLICAE ANGLIAE SCOTIAE ET HIBERNIAE ET CETERORUM PROTECTOR), meaning "Oliver, by the Grace of God Protector of ...