EditorialView of the former parish church in Kessenich, with a cart and vowels in the foreground church (exterior), Kessenich, A.J.M. Mulder (possibly), c. 1890 - in or before 1898, photographic paper, cardboard, h 230 mm ? w 176 mm.
EditorialDagger in scabbard from Tonny van Renterghem, Steel storm dagger with wooden handle and copper parts in leather scabbard from Tonny van Renterghem belonging to his personal equipment at the 1st Kavallerie Regiment Huzaren Motorrijders 1939-1940. Double...
EditorialFolio from a Qur'an Manuscript, first half 10th century, Made in Central or Eastern Islamic Lands, Ink and gold on parchment, H. 5 1/8 in. (13 cm), Codices, This folio features a number of decorative elements that were meant to assist the reader by ren...
EditorialBifolium from a Qur'an, late 9th?10th century, Attributed to Central Islamic Lands or North Africa, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on parchment, 9 1/8 x 25 5/16 in. (23.2 x 64.3 cm), Codices, This double folio was once bound in a multivolume Qur'an m...
EditorialHematite intaglio: Mummy of Osiris, Imperial, ca. 2nd?3rd century A.D., Roman, Hematite, Other: 7/8 x 1 1/8 in. (2.2 x 2.9 cm), Gems, Mummy of Osiris carried on the back of a lion, accompanied by Anubis and flanked by two winged goddesses (Isis and Nep...
EditorialPhoenician inscription from the Eshmun-Temple, in Sidon (Saida, Lebanon). The Phoenician script is a proto-semitic, alphabet-based script without signs for vowels. Inv. E 1486.
EditorialCoptic ostrakon, Egyptian, Early Islamic period, (7th or 8th century?). Ostraka are broken pieces of pottery or stone used for recording information or even doodling. Written material of the Coptic period often had a religious theme, although ostraka w...