EditorialEmblem 4; youth chasing girls. Notebook of William Blake. England; circa 1787-1818. [Whole folio] Profile portrait, possibly of Robert Blake. Emblem drawing of two small girls chased by a boy with a brimmed hat; one has fallen, and the other flies. Eng...
EditorialPage of a manuscript from 'The Desert of Religion'. The Desert of Religion and other poems and religious pieces,. etc. mostly illustrated, in Northern English. 4. " In nomine Christi incipit liber Methodii episcopi ecclesie Paterensis martiris Christi...
Editorial"Raging, Wotan rides to the Rock! Like a storm-wind he comes!". The Ring of the Niblung : a trilogy / Trans., M. Armour ; Illus. by A. Rackham. [S.l.] : Heinemann, 1911. Source: B.67.f.11 frontispiece.
EditorialKnights jousting. Military Roll of Arms (manuscript also known as Sir Thomas Holme's Book of Arms). Part 2 ff. 9-40v. England, S. E. (probably London). Before 1448, c. 1446. Numerous coloured drawings of combatant mounted knights in armour and tabard. ...
EditorialPrince Siddhattha encounters an old man, a sick man, a corpse and a monk (on the right); and departs from his palace (on left). . The Life of the Buddha. Burma, c.1800-1820. Prince Siddhattha encounters an old man, a sick man, a corpse and a monk (on t...
EditorialAn emblematical miniature showing it is necessary to know how to handle things, 'to rub people up the right way'. This is based on the moral satire 'Roman de Fauvel' of Gervais Du Bus, where those who curry a fauveau are flatterers and opportunists. Th...