EditorialMap - Military, Belgium, Namur 8, General Staff no. 2364, Scale 1:100,000, World War I, 1910, Military map of Belgium, Namur area (a hand-written inscription identifies it as Namur 8 district), scale 1:100,000, published in 1910. The map is labelled Ge...
EditorialMap - Military, Belgium, Lens 11, Scale 1:100,000, World War I, 27 Oct 1916, World War I map of Belgium, Lens 11, scale 1:100,000, with corrections dated 27 October 1916. Lens is located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. Maps of this scale lacked the...
EditorialMap - Military, Belgium, Valenciennes 12, Scale 1:100,000, World War I, 1914-1918, Military map of Belgium, Valenciennes 12 region, scale 1:100,000. The map would have been used during World War I. Maps of this scale lacked the detail needed for trench...
EditorialInro - Japanese pocket case for holding small objects. Because traditional Japanese garb lacked pockets, objects were often carried by hanging them from the obi or sash. Consisting of a stack of tiny, nested, boxes, inro were most commonly used to carr...
EditorialROMAN ART. ITALY. POMPEII. Roman city located at the foot of Vesuvius, destroyed in 79 A.D. by the eruption of the volcano. Detail of a "STEP ZEBRA" of the time, in the VIA OF PLENTY. These were large slabs that stood out for the crossing between sidew...
EditorialInro - Japanese pocket case for holding small objects. Because traditional Japanese garb lacked pockets, objects were often carried by hanging them from the obi or sash. Consisting of a stack of tiny, nested, boxes, inro were most commonly used to carr...
EditorialThe Shenute Codex, Egypt, Coptic Period, 7th. Papyrus page from a codex with an account of the life of Shenute, abbot of the White Monastery at Sohaq, Egypt, during the 5th century. Shenute was very influential in the Coptic Church and his works were r...