EditorialFlint gun, Part of a couple. The lock is simply engraved with borders, a row of buttons and a signature. A ridge runs across the barrel, the visor grain is made of iron, stamped on the bottom with a mark in the shape of a chair (?) with a crown above i...
EditorialAround 80 Vaudois burn in Strasbourg, Anno 1215, Parallel title: About 80 Waldensen to Strasbourg burned Ann o 1215, copperplate, 46.), p. 101, Luyken, Jan (inv. et fec.), Jan Luyken: Th??tre des martyrs: depuis la mort de J.Christ jusqu'? present: rep...
EditorialDuring the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, the Magna Carta was frequently copied into cartularies, chronicles and collections of statutes, for use by lawyers and administrators. In some cases, only the most recent version of the Magna Carta was re...
EditorialThe Magna Carta. The Great Charter of English liberties, first issued by King John at Runnymede on 15 June 1215. This document is one of the four surviving exemplifications. Magna Carta. England; 1215. Source: Cotton Augustus II.106,. Language: Latin.
EditorialEurope, the first part of the world, in female form.', 1581. A map of Europe in the shape of a person wearing a mitre, and holding an orb and a sceptre. [Itinerarium et chronicon ecclesiasticum totius Sacr? Scriptur?. Hoc est omnium itinerum temporu...
Editorial?Augustalis? of Frederick II Hohenstaufen (r. 1215?50), 1230?50, Made in Messina, Sicily, Italy, Italian, Gold, Overall: 13/16 x 1/16 in. (2 x 0.1 cm), Coins, Attempting to renew the Roman Empire, Frederick II Hohenstaufen issued a new gold coin called...