EditorialJulius Caesar Addressing Senators. Workshop of Taddeo Zuccaro; Italian, 1529-1566. Date: 1560-1562. Dimensions: 215 x 214 mm (max.). Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, on ivory laid paper; perimeter of image ruled with compasses. Origin: Italy.
EditorialFreemason's apron, leather, painted. Symbols include a masonic temple, the columns of the Solomonic temple, a pair of compasses, T-square, sun, a beehive.
EditorialPlans and views of magnetic compasses, including one nautical compass set on a gyroscope. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longma...
Editorialprize medal, Johan George Holtzhey, 1756, minted, General: 6.7 x 0.3cm (67 x 3mm), Weight: 102.5g, star, bird, sun, landscape, woman, tree, Silver medal from 1756 of the in 1753 established Stolpian legacy. On the front a landscape with mountain peaks ...
Editorialprize medal, Johan George Holtzhey, 1756, minted, General: 6.7 x 0.3cm (67 x 3mm), Weight: 102.5g, star, bird, sun, landscape, woman, tree, Silver medal from 1756 of the in 1753 established Stolpian legacy. On the front a landscape with mountain peaks ...
Editorialprize medal, Johan George Holtzhey, 1756, minted, General: 6.7 x 0.3cm (67 x 3mm), Weight: 102.5g, star, bird, sun, landscape, woman, tree, Silver medal from 1756 of the in 1753 established Stolpian legacy. On the front a landscape with mountain peaks ...
Editorialmedal, Anonymous, 1824, minted, General: 3.6 x 3cm (36 x 30mm), Weight: 14.5g, book, coat of arms (mark), Iron medal of the Society Mathesis Scientiarum Genitrix 1824. On the obverse is a sitting muse on the left, depicted in a classic robe. She holds ...
Editorialprize medal, Johan George Holtzhey, 1756, minted, General: 6.7 x 0.3cm (67 x 3mm), Weight: 102.5g, star, bird, sun, landscape, woman, tree, Silver medal from 1756 of the in 1753 established Stolpian legacy. On the front a landscape with mountain peaks ...
EditorialPassport card from the north coast of Hispaniola, with two insert cards Passport card from the North Coast of Espaniola with d''Eylanden north of it (title on object), Passport card from the north coast of the island Hispaniola, with two bet cards. Wit...
EditorialPlans and views of magnetic compasses, including one nautical compass set on a gyroscope. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longma...
EditorialTexture of the formal geometric instruments, Various geometric instruments such as rulers, hooks, compasses, lead scales, astrolabe, Tab. XI, p. 18, 1745, Tobias Mayer: Mathematischer Atlas, in welchem auf 60 Tabellen alle Theile der Mathematic vorgest...
EditorialThe four cardinal directions, Illustrations of a city, illustration of two compasses from the 16th century, Fig. 1, pp. 34v & 35r, 1536, Giovanni Battista Caporali: Archittetura, con il suo commento et figure. Vetruvio in volgar lingua raportato per Gi...
EditorialMap of the Southern Netherlands Provinciae Belgium Regii Distinctae eo, quo Sunt hodie divisae modo Inter Regem Galliae, Hispaniae (...) (title on object), Map of the Southern Netherlands, with a cartouche in the middle with the title and the publisher...
EditorialGrenade support, Two wooden supports, inlaid with leather, and provided with a thin layer of leather on the round interior. The carrier has an H-shape and has two wooden handles on both sides. The carrier has an H-shape and has two wooden handles on bo...
EditorialChinese Compass, Chinese compass consisting of a bowl, painted white on the inside and covered with glass, containing a dry compass needle. Chinese compasses have a subdivision in 24 directions. The wind directions are shown in white characters, north ...
EditorialPassport card from the north coast of Hispaniola, with two insert cards Passport card from the North Coast of Espaniola with d''Eylanden north of it (title on object), Passport card from the north coast of the island Hispaniola, with two bet cards. Wit...
EditorialJulius Caesar Addressing Senators. Workshop of Taddeo Zuccaro; Italian, 1529-1566. Date: 1560-1562. Dimensions: 215 x 214 mm (max.). Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, on ivory laid paper; perimeter of image ruled with compasses. Origin: Italy.
EditorialGeometria, Rectangular monochrome stained glass with allegorical representation of Geometria, the Geometry. A female figure, the personification of Geometria, measures the globe lying on the ground with a compass. Two men on the left are following her ...
EditorialJulius Caesar Addressing Senators. Workshop of Taddeo Zuccaro; Italian, 1529-1566. Date: 1560-1562. Dimensions: 215 x 214 mm (max.). Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, on ivory laid paper; perimeter of image ruled with compasses. Origin: Italy.
EditorialJulius Caesar Addressing Senators. Workshop of Taddeo Zuccaro; Italian, 1529-1566. Date: 1560-1562. Dimensions: 215 x 214 mm (max.). Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, on ivory laid paper; perimeter of image ruled with compasses. Origin: Italy.
EditorialThe Barronny of Iveragh', co. Kerry (Munster), by an unidentified surveyor; [1655-1656?]. North west at top. Scale: 320 perches to the inch [1:63360]. Showing boundaries of parishes (in colour) and townlands, with place-names. Rivers and areas of bog a...
EditorialPlans and views of magnetic compasses, including one nautical compass set on a gyroscope. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longma...
EditorialFreemason's apron, leather, painted. Symbols include a masonic temple, the columns of the Solomonic temple, a pair of compasses, T-square, sun, a beehive.
EditorialThe wooden top of a hairbrush lifts up to reveal a small, hidden compass. Such compasses were used by Allied airmen, Allied agents and members of the resistance, to find their bearings in enemy territory.