EditorialTemperance (Temperantia) The seven main virtues (series title), Female figure who pours water from a jug into a glass, standing in a niche, as personification of temperance, Temperance, 'Temperantia', 'Temperanza' (Ripa), one of the Four Cardinal Virtu...
EditorialDetail of a tinted drawing of a woman protecting a unicorn from a hunter. . Flore de virtu e de costumi (Flowers of Virtue and of Custom). Italy, N. (Padua?); 2nd quarter of the 15th century. Source: Harley 3448 f. 36v.
EditorialTemperance (Temperantia) The seven main virtues (series title), Female figure who pours water from a jug into a glass, standing in a niche, as personification of temperance, Temperance, 'Temperantia', 'Temperanza' (Ripa), one of the Four Cardinal Virtu...
EditorialTitle page of 'Il Mondo alla rouersa'. An illustration of the world upside down. Il Mondo alla rouersa, doue con vna minutissima ricercata sopra le attioni humane si viene a? dimostrare in che stato hoggi sia ridotta la pouera virtu?, etc. Bologna : ...
EditorialDetail of a tinted drawing of a woman protecting a unicorn from a hunter. . Flore de virtu e de costumi (Flowers of Virtue and of Custom). Italy, N. (Padua?); 2nd quarter of the 15th century. Source: Harley 3448 f. 36v.
EditorialMiniature shows two men seated at either end of a trestle table laid with a cloth and utensils. Flore de Virtu e de Costumi. N. Italy; first quarter 15th century. Source: Harley 3448, f.2v. Language: Italian.
EditorialBear with bees and bee hives. Flore de Virtu e de Costumi. N. Italy; first quarter 15th century. (Miniature only) A bear, surrounded by bees, trying to stick his paw into bee hives, set upon a table, in order to feed on honey Image taken from Flore de...
EditorialIvory covers. Psalter of Queen Melisende. E. Mediterranean [Jerusalem]; between 1131 and 114. Carved ivory cover, ornamented with turquoises, with scenes from the life of King David, interspersed with figures representing the struggle between the Virtu...