EditorialDutch chief with Javanese servant Holland mountain and water (title on object), Dutchman with dog, standing next to servant with umbrella, in western landscape, 'mountain and landscape' as stated on the print is a literal translation of the Japanese wo...
EditorialThe amours of the Chevalier de Faublas, by John Baptiste Louvet de Couvray, founded on historical facts, interspersed with most remarkable narratives. A literal unexpurgated translation from the Paris edition of 1821 : Louvet de Couvray, Jean-Baptiste,...
EditorialThe universal solution for numerical and literal equations; by which the roots of equations of all degrees can be expressed in terms of their coefficients; : McGinnis, M. A. (Michael Angelo).
EditorialThe amours of the Chevalier de Faublas, by John Baptiste Louvet de Couvray, founded on historical facts, interspersed with most remarkable narratives. A literal unexpurgated translation from the Paris edition of 1821 : Louvet de Couvray, Jean-Baptiste,...
EditorialRama and Lakshmana Search in Vain for Sita, ca. 1680?90, India (Rajasthan, Mewar), Ink and opaque watercolor on paper, 10 1/4 ? 16 1/4 in. (26 ? 41.3 cm), Paintings, ?Ranging the woods, hills, rivers, and lakes on every side, searching the plateaus, ca...
EditorialPachycephala schlegeli, Print, Pachycephala is a genus of birds native to Oceania and Southeast Asia. They are commonly known as typical whistlers. Older guidebooks may refer to them as thickheads, a literal translation of the generic name, which is de...
EditorialPachycephala madagascariensis, Print, Pachycephala is a genus of birds native to Oceania and Southeast Asia. They are commonly known as typical whistlers. Older guidebooks may refer to them as thickheads, a literal translation of the generic name, whic...
EditorialPachycephala madagascariensis, Print, Pachycephala is a genus of birds native to Oceania and Southeast Asia. They are commonly known as typical whistlers. Older guidebooks may refer to them as thickheads, a literal translation of the generic name, whic...
EditorialPachycephala rufa, Print, Pachycephala is a genus of birds native to Oceania and Southeast Asia. They are commonly known as typical whistlers. Older guidebooks may refer to them as thickheads, a literal translation of the generic name, which is derived...
EditorialPachycephala madagascariensis, Print, Pachycephala is a genus of birds native to Oceania and Southeast Asia. They are commonly known as typical whistlers. Older guidebooks may refer to them as thickheads, a literal translation of the generic name, whic...
EditorialPachycephala madagascariensis, Print, Pachycephala is a genus of birds native to Oceania and Southeast Asia. They are commonly known as typical whistlers. Older guidebooks may refer to them as thickheads, a literal translation of the generic name, whic...
EditorialA pig is teaching little pigs from a blackboard. . 'Literal and Scholastic' from The Nursery Rhyme Book. Edited by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by L. L. Brooke. London : Frederick Warne & Co., 1897. Source: 012806.m.10. Page 41.
EditorialPlate, ca. 1880, Hungarian, P?cs, Earthenware, Diameter: 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm), Ceramics-Pottery, The design is a fairly literal version of a mid-sixteenth-century Turkish (Iznik) pattern.
EditorialRama and Lakshmana Search in Vain for Sita, ca. 1680?90, India (Rajasthan, Mewar), Ink and opaque watercolor on paper, 10 1/4 ? 16 1/4 in. (26 ? 41.3 cm), Paintings, ?Ranging the woods, hills, rivers, and lakes on every side, searching the plateaus, ca...
EditorialFloor Plan of the Tabernacle, one of six illustrated leaves from the Postilla Litteralis (Literal Commentary) of Nicholas of Lyra, ca. 1360?1380, French, Opaque watercolor, iron-gall ink and gold on vellum, 16 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (41.9 x 24.8 cm), Manuscri...
EditorialInitial 'V' from the commentary of Nehemiah, one of six illustrated leaves from the Postilla Litteralis (Literal Commentary) of Nicholas of Lyra, ca. 1360?1380, French, Opaque watercolor, iron-gall ink and gold on vellum, 16 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (41.9 x 24....
Editorial???, A Woman Dressing a Girl for a Kabuki Dance (E-kyodai), Edo period (1615?1868), 1790s, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 15 1/4 in. (38.7 cm); W. 10 1/8 in. (25.7 cm), Prints, Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753??1806), The...
EditorialScreen and Utensils for the Incense Ceremony, Edo period (1615?1868), 19th century, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper, 8 1/16 x 7 1/4 in. (20.5 x 18.4 cm), Prints, Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757?1820), Surimono, literal...
EditorialBench Figure, 5th?2nd century B.C., Mexico, Mesoamerica, Epi-Olmec, Greenstone (muscovite-paragonite phyllite), H. 6 7/8 x W. 3 5/8 x D. 2 1/4 in. (17.5 x 9.2 x 5.7 cm), Stone-Sculpture, This stolid figure seated on a bench is reported to be from highl...
EditorialElevation of Solomon's Temple, one of six illustrated leaves from the Postilla Litteralis (Literal Commentary) of Nicholas of Lyra, ca. 1360?1380, French, Opaque watercolor, iron-gall ink and gold on vellum, 16 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (41.9 x 24.8 cm), Manuscr...
EditorialBrazen Sea, one of six illustrated leaves from the Postilla Litteralis (Literal Commentary) of Nicholas of Lyra, ca. 1360?1380, French, Opaque watercolor, iron-gall ink and gold on vellum, 16 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (41.9 x 24.8 cm), Manuscripts and Illuminations.
EditorialArrangement of the Levite Camps around the Tabernacle, one of six illustrated leaves from the Postilla Litteralis (Literal Commentary) of Nicholas of Lyra, ca. 1360?1380, French, Opaque watercolor, iron-gall ink and gold on vellum, 16 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (...
EditorialTerracotta phiale (libation bowl), Archaic, ca. 575?550 B.C., Etruscan, Terracotta; bucchero pesante, H. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); diameter 8 1/8 in. (20.7 cm), Vases, The shape is rare in bucchero. This example seems to be a literal translation from the mor...