EditorialUpper Rhenish: Madonna and Child, Unidentified artist, Upper Rhenish, Last quarter of 15th century, Oil and tempera (?) with gold leaf on panel, This German painting presents the Virgin Mary gazing warmly at the infant Christ as she offers him a piece ...
EditorialConcert Programme - 'Canadian-Australian Line, R.M.S. Makura, Concert Programme', enroute Sydney, Australia to Vancouver, Canada, 1911, 'Canadian-Australian Line, R.M.S. 'Makura, Concert Programme' is the programme to the Second Grand Concert of Friday...
EditorialA poster advertising the following: W. Wallser's star and sensation ghost illusions.; The entertainment will commence with the laughable spectral sketch, entitled Sambo's ghost … To be followed by the Mystic chamber, or, Abode of ghosts!; To be foll...
EditorialFolio from a Qur'an Manuscript, 9th century, Attributed to Central Islamic Lands, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on parchment, H. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm), Codices, This small-scale Qur'an was used as an intimate personal object, probably worn or carried a...
Editorial'Dancing Dervishes', Folio from the Shah Jahan Album, recto: ca. 1610; verso: ca. 1530?50, Attributed to India, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, H. 15 3/16 in. (38.6 cm), Codices, The 'Emperor?s Album,' to which this folio belongs, was made f...
EditorialDjed pillar amulet, Third Intermediate Period?Ptolemaic Period, 1086?30 B.C., From Egypt, Faience, H. 3.2 ? W. 1 ? D. 0.6 cm (1 1/4 ? 3/8 ? 1/4 in.), Amulets were thought to magically transfer their power to the wearer. Such power often derived from th...