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Editorial Fumarla, smoke and earth Fumarla, Aristolochia rotunda popular, capnos Pliny, Erdtrauch, Taubenkropff and Erdtrauch, Fol. 407r, 1590, Pietro Andrea Mattioli, Joachim Camerarius: Kreuterbuch desz hochgelehrten unnd weitber?hmten Herrn D. Petri Andreae M...
- 2020-01-15
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Editorial C. Plini Secundi Epistulae selectae. Selected letters of Pliny : Pliny, the Younger.
- 2020-01-15
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Editorial Cerastes, Cephos und Centrocota, Snake, species of animals according to Pliny, Fig. 26, Fol. XVIIv, Apiarius, Mathias (imp.), 1536, [Hortus sanitatis oder Garth der Gesundtheyt: von den vier Geschlechten als Thier, V?gel, Vischen und edlem Gesteyn]. [G...
- 2020-01-15
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Editorial Gnaphalium Pliny, and to the wicked, or centuncularis, Cudweiler, Fol. 298v, 1590, Pietro Andrea Mattioli, Joachim Camerarius: Kreuterbuch desz hochgelehrten unnd weitber?hmten Herrn D. Petri Andreae Matthioli. Franckfort am Mayn: [Feyrabendt], 1590.
- 2020-01-15
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Editorial The Villa Plinius of the Younger, on Lake Como, View of Villa Pliny of the Disciples on Lake Como, Plate 10, p. 79, Hess, Ludwig (pinx.), Meyer, Johann Heinrich (sc.), 1793, Johann Heinrich Meyer: Mahlerische Reise in die italienische Schweiz. Zurich: ...
- 2020-01-15
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Editorial Vestal virgin Tuccia carries water in a colander to prove her innocence, The Vestal virgin Tuccia, by the river Tiber who is portrayed by a river god, carries water in a colander to prove her innocence. Romulus and Remus are sitting in the foreground w...
- 2019-12-18
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Editorial Gold armband with Herakles knot, Hellenistic, 3rd?2nd century B.C., Greek, Gold inlaid with garnets, emeralds, and enamel, 3 1/2in. (8.9cm), Gold and Silver, The Herakles knot on this sumptuous armband is enriched with floral decoration and inlaid with...
- 2019-12-17
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Editorial Mergus serrator, Print, The red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator) is a diving duck, one of the sawbills. The genus name is a Latin word used by Pliny and other Roman authors to refer to an unspecified waterbird, and serrator is a sawyer from Latin s...
- 2019-11-18
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Editorial Mergus serrator, Print, The red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator) is a diving duck, one of the sawbills. The genus name is a Latin word used by Pliny and other Roman authors to refer to an unspecified waterbird, and serrator is a sawyer from Latin s...
- 2019-11-18
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Editorial Mergus castor, Print, Mergus is the genus of the typical mergansers, fish-eating ducks in the subfamily Anatinae. The genus name is a Latin word used by Pliny and other Roman authors to refer to an unspecified waterbird., 1700-1880.
- 2019-11-18
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Editorial Mergus castor, Print, Mergus is the genus of the typical mergansers, fish-eating ducks in the subfamily Anatinae. The genus name is a Latin word used by Pliny and other Roman authors to refer to an unspecified waterbird., 1700-1880.
- 2019-11-18
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Editorial Mergus castor, Print, Mergus is the genus of the typical mergansers, fish-eating ducks in the subfamily Anatinae. The genus name is a Latin word used by Pliny and other Roman authors to refer to an unspecified waterbird., 1700-1880.
- 2019-11-18
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Editorial Mergus castor, Print, Mergus is the genus of the typical mergansers, fish-eating ducks in the subfamily Anatinae. The genus name is a Latin word used by Pliny and other Roman authors to refer to an unspecified waterbird., 1700-1880.
- 2019-11-18
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Editorial Mergus brasiliensis, Print, Mergus is the genus of the typical mergansers, fish-eating ducks in the subfamily Anatinae. The genus name is a Latin word used by Pliny and other Roman authors to refer to an unspecified waterbird., 1825-1834.
- 2019-11-18
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Editorial Mergus castor, Print, Mergus is the genus of the typical mergansers, fish-eating ducks in the subfamily Anatinae. The genus name is a Latin word used by Pliny and other Roman authors to refer to an unspecified waterbird., 1800-1812.
- 2019-11-18
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Editorial Mergus serrator, Print, The red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator) is a diving duck, one of the sawbills. The genus name is a Latin word used by Pliny and other Roman authors to refer to an unspecified waterbird, and serrator is a sawyer from Latin s...
- 2019-11-18
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Editorial Sturnus vulgaris, Print, The common starling (Sturnus vulgaris), also known as the European starling, or in the British Isles just the starling, is a medium-sized passerine bird in the starling family, Sturnidae. It is about 20 cm (8 in) long and has g...
- 2019-11-18
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Editorial Mergus castor, Print, Mergus is the genus of the typical mergansers, fish-eating ducks in the subfamily Anatinae. The genus name is a Latin word used by Pliny and other Roman authors to refer to an unspecified waterbird., 1800-1812.
- 2019-11-18
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Editorial Sturnus vulgaris, Print, The common starling (Sturnus vulgaris), also known as the European starling, or in the British Isles just the starling, is a medium-sized passerine bird in the starling family, Sturnidae. It is about 20 cm (8 in) long and has g...
- 2019-11-18
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Editorial Sturnus vulgaris, Print, The common starling (Sturnus vulgaris), also known as the European starling, or in the British Isles just the starling, is a medium-sized passerine bird in the starling family, Sturnidae. It is about 20 cm (8 in) long and has g...
- 2019-11-18
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Editorial Sturnus vulgaris, Print, The common starling (Sturnus vulgaris), also known as the European starling, or in the British Isles just the starling, is a medium-sized passerine bird in the starling family, Sturnidae. It is about 20 cm (8 in) long and has g...
- 2019-11-18
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Editorial Mergus serrator, Print, The red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator) is a diving duck, one of the sawbills. The genus name is a Latin word used by Pliny and other Roman authors to refer to an unspecified waterbird, and serrator is a sawyer from Latin s...
- 2019-11-18
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Editorial Mergus serrator, Print, The red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator) is a diving duck, one of the sawbills. The genus name is a Latin word used by Pliny and other Roman authors to refer to an unspecified waterbird, and serrator is a sawyer from Latin s...
- 2019-11-18
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Editorial Sturnus vulgaris, Print, The common starling (Sturnus vulgaris), also known as the European starling, or in the British Isles just the starling, is a medium-sized passerine bird in the starling family, Sturnidae. It is about 20 cm (8 in) long and has g...
- 2019-11-18
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Editorial Mergus serrator, Print, The red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator) is a diving duck, one of the sawbills. The genus name is a Latin word used by Pliny and other Roman authors to refer to an unspecified waterbird, and serrator is a sawyer from Latin s...
- 2019-11-18
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Editorial Alauda calandrella, Print, Alauda is a genus of larks found across much of Europe, Asia and in the mountains of north Africa, and one of the species (the Raso lark) endemic to the islet of Raso in the Cape Verde Islands. Further, at least two additiona...
- 2019-11-18
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Editorial Alauda kollyi, Print, Alauda is a genus of larks found across much of Europe, Asia and in the mountains of north Africa, and one of the species (the Raso lark) endemic to the islet of Raso in the Cape Verde Islands. Further, at least two additional spe...
- 2019-11-18
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Editorial Alauda calandrella, Print, Alauda is a genus of larks found across much of Europe, Asia and in the mountains of north Africa, and one of the species (the Raso lark) endemic to the islet of Raso in the Cape Verde Islands. Further, at least two additiona...
- 2019-11-18
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Editorial Alauda crassirostris, Print, Alauda is a genus of larks found across much of Europe, Asia and in the mountains of north Africa, and one of the species (the Raso lark) endemic to the islet of Raso in the Cape Verde Islands. Further, at least two additio...
- 2019-11-18
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Editorial Alauda senegalensis, Print, Alauda is a genus of larks found across much of Europe, Asia and in the mountains of north Africa, and one of the species (the Raso lark) endemic to the islet of Raso in the Cape Verde Islands. Further, at least two addition...
- 2019-10-28
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Editorial Allegory on the Fidelity of the Lizard (recto); Design for a Stage Setting (verso).
- 2019-10-28
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Editorial Bronze statuette of Aphrodite.
- 2019-10-28
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Editorial Pliny the Elder (Gaius Plinius Secundus) (23-79 AD). Roman author and philosopher. Watercolor. Private collection.
- 2019-10-28
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Editorial The Twelve Ages of Man: The Second Three Ages of Man (18-36), or Summer.
- 2019-05-09
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Editorial Scene from Pliny. Christian Bernhard Rode; German, 1725-1797. Date: 1775-1776. Dimensions: 317 x 207 mm (plate); 416 x 256 mm (sheet). Etching in brown-black on paper. Origin: Germany.
- 2019-03-11
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Editorial Bronze statuette of Aphrodite.
- 2019-02-11
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Editorial Amber disk with a nereid riding a triton, Imperial, ca. 1st?early 2nd century A.D., Roman, Amber, Diam.: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm), Miscellaneous-Amber, Valued for its rarity and richness, amber was an increasingly favored precious material from the time of the...
- 2019-01-23
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Editorial Scene from a comedy by Pliny. A servant in comic mask makes an insulting gesture of horns (with his index and little fingers raised) to two women. Vignette of three tragic masks below. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Her...
- 2019-01-23
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Editorial Miniature in colours and gold showing Pliny writing in his study and a landscape with animals, rivers, the sea, sun and moon; text with a decorative initial 'M', and decorated borders with a coat of arms. Historia naturalis. Italy, Central (Rome); c. 1...
- 2018-12-06
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Editorial The winged horse Pegasus, Muses and poets on Mount Parnassus. Decorated borders with cherubs in corners, and a coat of arms. Natural History. Italy; 15th century. Source: Add. 11994, f.3v. Language: Latin.
- 2018-12-06
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Editorial Pliny. Naturalis historiae. Pliny. Naturalis historiae. 3 vols. Leiden, 1635. Binding. Source: c.67.a.19 binding.
- 2018-12-06
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Editorial Bronze statuette of Aphrodite.
- 2018-08-21
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Editorial Bronze phallic amulet, Imperial, 1st century A.D., Roman, Bronze, L. 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm.), Bronzes, Phallic emblems are found on a wide range of Roman objects, from amulets to frescoes to mosaics to lamps. They were symbols intended to bring good luck...
- 2018-08-21
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Editorial Platter with a Fish, 4th?5th century, Late Roman, Bronze, silver overlaid, Overall: 7/8 x 15 1/16 x 7 3/16 in. (2.2 x 38.2 x 18.3 cm), Metalwork-Bronze, In his great encyclopedia, the first-century Roman writer Pliny reports that tin plating, as seen o...
- 2018-08-21
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Editorial Rock crystal Statuette of a Lion.
- 2018-08-06
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Editorial The Twelve Ages of Man: The Second Three Ages of Man (18-36), or Summer.
- 2018-08-06
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Editorial Allegory on the Fidelity of the Lizard (recto); Design for a Stage Setting (verso).
- 2018-08-06
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Editorial Bronze statuette of Aphrodite.
- 2018-08-06
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Editorial Rock Crystal Bowl, 3rd?5th century, Roman or Byzantine, Rock crystal, Overall: 1 3/8 x 3 3/16 x 2 11/16 in. (3.5 x 8.1 x 6.9 cm), Lapidary Work-Crystal, Five rock crystal works found in a cistern in Carthage (now in Tunisia, North Africa) demonstrate t...
- 2018-08-03
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Editorial Amber disk with a nereid riding a triton, Imperial, ca. 1st?early 2nd century A.D., Roman, Amber, Diam.: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm), Miscellaneous-Amber, Valued for its rarity and richness, amber was an increasingly favored precious material from the time of the...
- 2018-08-03
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Editorial Gold armband with Herakles knot, Hellenistic, 3rd?2nd century B.C., Greek, Gold inlaid with garnets, emeralds, and enamel, 3 1/2in. (8.9cm), Gold and Silver, The Herakles knot on this sumptuous armband is enriched with floral decoration and inlaid with...
- 2018-08-03
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Editorial Bronze phallic amulet, Imperial, 1st century A.D., Roman, Bronze, L. 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm.), Bronzes, Phallic emblems are found on a wide range of Roman objects, from amulets to frescoes to mosaics to lamps. They were symbols intended to bring good luck...
- 2018-08-03
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Editorial Platter with a Fish, 4th?5th century, Late Roman, Bronze, silver overlaid, Overall: 7/8 x 15 1/16 x 7 3/16 in. (2.2 x 38.2 x 18.3 cm), Metalwork-Bronze, In his great encyclopedia, the first-century Roman writer Pliny reports that tin plating, as seen o...
- 2018-08-02
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Editorial Rock Crystal Statuette of a Dolphin, 3rd?5th century, Roman or Byzantine, Rock crystal, Overall: 2 1/16 x 6 5/16 x 1 1/4 in. (5.2 x 16.1 x 3.2 cm), Lapidary Work-Crystal, This rock crystal carving found in a cistern in Carthage (now in Tunisia, North A...
- 2018-08-02
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Editorial Rock Crystal Dish in the Form of a Temple, 3rd?5th century, Roman or Byzantine, Rock crystal, Overall: 2 3/8 x 1 5/8 in. (6 x 4.1 cm), Lapidary Work-Crystal, This rock crystal carving found in a cistern in Carthage (now in Tunisia, North Africa) demons...
- 2018-08-02
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Editorial Scene from a comedy by Pliny. A servant in comic mask makes an insulting gesture of horns (with his index and little fingers raised) to two women. Vignette of three tragic masks below. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Her...
- 2018-07-26
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Editorial Pliny the Elder (born Gaius Plinius Secundus, AD 23?79). Roman writer. "NATURALIS HISTORIA" (Natural History). Collection of legends and popular opinions including a good number of scientific news. Page of a incunible with polychromed Renaissance-Venet...
- 2018-07-24
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Editorial Portrait of Pliny the Elder. From the Historia Naturalis, an immense encyclopedia probably completed in 77 by the Roman writer Pliny the Elder. The Historia makes no distinction between the real and the imaginary, but provides a fascinating insight i...
- 2018-07-03
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Editorial Imaginary portrait of Pliny the Elder in a lunette in the library of the Benedictine abbey of Kremsmuenster. Shelves with books on mathematics and natural science below. 1684-1692.
- 2018-06-26
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