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Editorial An indigenous person of South America. Portrait of Yapoyare, illustrating a Macusi mode of paddling in a canoe. Made during Sir Robert Schomburgk's expedition into the interior of British Guiana. Portraits of Indians, of various tribes, viz. Warrau an...
Editorial Four mounted knights, in armour and tabards, jousting; the upper pair in sword-combat, the lower pair tilting with lances. 'Sir Thomas Holme's Book of Arms' (ff.9-40v is Military Roll of Arms). England, Probably London, c.1445-1524. Source: Harley 4205...
Editorial A king visiting a sage in a cave. A.H. 1019 (A.D. 1610). ANWáR E SUHAILI, the Fables of Pilpay. AIllustration from the Fables of Pilpay. Source: Add. 18579 f.20. Language: Persian.
Editorial A king visiting a sage in a cave. A.H. 1019 (A.D. 1610). ANWáR E SUHAILI, the Fables of Pilpay. AIllustration from the Fables of Pilpay. Source: Add. 18579 f.20. Language: Persian.
Editorial Illustration on page of manuscript. A pig suckling her piglets. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter of the 13th cent...
Editorial Miniature shows Richard of Wallingford, Abbot of St Albans. He is pointing to a clock, referring to his gift to the abbey, and his face is disfigured by leprosy. Golden Book of St Albans. England [St Albans]; 1380. Source: Cotton Nero D. VII, f.20. Lan...
Editorial Frame on benedictional page. The Benedictional of St Aethelwold. England. The Benedictional of St Aethelwold Benedictional, written by the scribe Godeman for St ?thelwold, Bishop of Winchester; 963-984. Latin. Decorative frames, either rectangular or ...
Editorial Illuminated page of the Chronicle and Chartulary of the Abbey of Peterborough. Chronicle and Chartulary of the Abbey of Peterborough. CHRONICLE and Chartulary of the Abbey of Peterborough,. partly compiled by the monk Walter de Wytillesey [or Whittlese...
Editorial Illustrated prayer from 'The Weeping Lady: or London'. The Weeping Lady. London, 1625. The Weeping Lady: or London like Niniuie in Sack-Cloth. Describing the mappe of her owne miserie, in this time of her heauy visitation; with her hearty prayers, admo...
Editorial Lizard (Lacerta lepida) and moth (abraxas grossulariata.) Signed: 'Edwards Pa 202.' 'As big as life'. Amphibians and reptiles. First half of the 18th century. Source: Add. 5272, f.20.
Editorial Ornaments used by the people of Tierra del Fuego. Upper drawing: Two necklaces, both made of pieces of shells. Lower drawing: Two necklaces; one made of bird bones, and the other from small polished shells. A bracelet of seeds and pieces of shells. J...
Editorial Canoe of Ulietea. Society islands. A collection of drawings by A. Buchan, S. Parkinson, and J. F. Miller, made in the Countries visited by Captain James Cook in his First Voyage [1768-1771], also of prints published in John Hawksworth's Voyages of Biro...
Editorial Indian fortification, or Hippah, on the Island of Achei no Mouwe [Motuaro], Bay of Islands, New Zealand. DRAWINGS, in Indian ink, illustrative of Capt. Cook's first voyage, 1768 -1770, chiefly relating to Otaheite and New Zealand, by A. Buchan, John F....
Editorial A Shillook negress. According to Dr. Stuhlmann, this is also a good type of the Wanyoro face. The history of mankind / Trans from the second German edited by A. J. Butler. v. 3, 1898. [S.l.] : Macmillan, 1896-1898. Source: 572*3343* vol III, f.20 detai...
Editorial Illustration. A scene in a graveyard. The posthumous papers of the Pickwick Club ... With forty-three illustrations, by R. Seymour and Phiz. London: Chapman & Hall, 1837 [1836, 37]. Source: C.58.f.20 plate facing page 301. Language: English.
Editorial Elephants at play in the forest. Elephant treatise. c.1830. Painting on folded paper, script in ink with text and illustrations of elephant divinities and natural elephants. . Source: Or. 13652, f.20. Language: Thai.
Editorial Marine life. Hokusai Manga. Edo (Tokyo) , Japan,(1760-1849). Marine life. Image taken from : Hokusai Manga Originally published/produced in Edo(Tokyo),Japan,1760-1849 . . Source: Or.65.a.43 volume 1,f 20. Language: Japanese.
Editorial Samson carrying the gates of Gaza; the Resurrection; Jonah emerging from the whale. Biblia Pauperum. c 1395-1400. A picture Bible including a series of images of the life of Christ with Old Testament prefigurations, with three miniatures on every recto...
Editorial Scene from the life of Buddha. The Life of the Buddha. Burma, c.1800-1820. Source: Or.14297; f.20. Language: Burmese.
Editorial Inferno: The circular entrance to a lower part of hell. Dante Alighieri, Divina Commedia ( The Divine Comedy ), with a commentary in Latin. 1st half of the 14th century. Source: Egerton 943, f.20. Language: Italian, Latin.
Editorial Drawing from Chapter II: Alice, having drunk from the unlabelled bottle, grows too large to fit into the White Rabbit's house. She is obliged to lie down with one foot up the chimney. Alice's Adventures Under Ground [in Wonderland]. England [Oxford]; 1...
Editorial The calling of the first disciples; Christ driving merchants from the Temple. Holkham Bible Picture Book. England, circa 1320-1330. Source: Add. 47682, f.20.
Editorial In the left margin, the seventh angel with trumpet; the king, seated, gives orders to an executioner who tramples on three blindfolded corpses and is about to behead a fourth victim; on the right, a fifth not yet blindfolded emerges from a door, and tw...
Editorial Indian fortification, or Hippah, on the Island of Achei no Mouwe [Motuaro], Bay of Islands, New Zealand. DRAWINGS, in Indian ink, illustrative of Capt. Cook's first voyage, 1768 -1770, chiefly relating to Otaheite and New Zealand, by A. Buchan, John F....
Editorial On the right, Vaisravana is shown visiting his father. On the left, Dasagriva and Kumbhakarna perform the severest of penance. Brahma descends from the heavens and prevents him from completing his penance. Brahma grants Dasagriva a boon that he may nev...
Editorial Artaxerxes enthroned, with courtiers, and Cyrus arrested by soldiers; Darius ill in bed, physician with flask. Book I beginning with initial 'D', enclosing blue flowers. Decorated borders, including, at the foot, the royal arms of England . Anabasis. F...
Editorial Calendar page for February. Initial, text and at bottom, agricultural workers with hoops. The Golf Book. Netherlands, S. (Bruges). c. 1520 - 1530. Source: Add. 24098 f.20. Language: Latin.
Editorial Miniature of Alexander and his fleet about to set sail. Historia de proelis in a French translation (Le Livre et le vraye hystoire du bon roy Alixandre). France, Central (Paris); c.1420. Source: Royal 20 B. XX, f.20. Language: French.
Editorial Canoe of Ulietea. Society islands. A collection of drawings by A. Buchan, S. Parkinson, and J. F. Miller, made in the Countries visited by Captain James Cook in his First Voyage [1768-1771], also of prints published in John Hawksworth's Voyages of Biro...
Editorial Ornaments used by the people of Tierra del Fuego. Upper drawing: Two necklaces, both made of pieces of shells. Lower drawing: Two necklaces; one made of bird bones, and the other from small polished shells. A bracelet of seeds and pieces of shells. J...
Editorial A Chinese immortal. A Keepsake from the Cloud Gallery/Yuntai Xianrui. China, 1750. Su Lin, a Taoist adept, stands in mountainous landscape, his robes and beard wind-blown. Painting on silk, from a large album, 40 x 50 cm. Image taken from A Keepsake f...
Editorial Drawing from Chapter II: Alice, having drunk from the unlabelled bottle, grows too large to fit into the White Rabbit's house. She is obliged to lie down with one foot up the chimney. Alice's Adventures Under Ground [in Wonderland]. England [Oxford]; 1...
Editorial Hieroglyphic emblem. Italy. Source: Royal 12 C. III, f.20. Language: Latin.
Editorial Miniature shows Richard of Wallingford, Abbot of St Albans. He is pointing to a clock, referring to his gift to the abbey, and his face is disfigured by leprosy. Golden Book of St Albans. England [St Albans]; 1380. Source: Cotton Nero D. VII, f.20. Lan...
Editorial Negative - International Harvester, Farmall F-20 Tractor (Rubber Tyres), 1940, Part of a large collection of glass plate and film negatives, transparencies, photo albums, product catalogues, videos, motion picture films, company journals, advertisement...
Editorial Self-portrait, c. 1797, pencil, watercolored, page: 18.6 x 15.5 cm, on the reverse, inscribed in pencil r.o .: f 20-, Marquard Fidel Dominikus Wocher, Mimmenhausen 1760?1830 Basel.
Editorial Samson carrying the gates of Gaza; the Resurrection; Jonah emerging from the whale. Biblia Pauperum. c 1395-1400. A picture Bible including a series of images of the life of Christ with Old Testament prefigurations, with three miniatures on every recto...
Editorial Cremation of Buddha. The Buddha's funeral pyre attended by the disciple Kassapa (on left); streams of water come from the sky between two trees to extinguish the fire. The Life of the Buddha. Burma, c,1800-1820. Source: Or. 14298, f.20. Language: Burm...
Editorial The Last Supper; Christ washing the Disciples' feet. ‘Winchester Psalter’ or ‘Psalter of Henry of Blois’. Mid 12th century-2nd half of the 13th century. Source: Cotton Nero C. IV, f.20. Language: Latin.
Editorial Scene from the life of Buddha. The Life of the Buddha. Burma, c.1800-1820. Source: Or.14297; f.20. Language: Burmese.
Editorial Inferno: The circular entrance to a lower part of hell. Dante Alighieri, Divina Commedia ( The Divine Comedy ), with a commentary in Latin. 1st half of the 14th century. Source: Egerton 943, f.20. Language: Italian, Latin.
Editorial The Annunciation; a cat and dog play in the foreground; inhabited initial and decorated border with foliage, birds and figures. Book of Hours. France (Paris), circa 1407. Source: Add. 29433, f.20. Language: Mostly Latin, partly French.
Editorial (Detail) St. Kevin praying with blackbird. St. Kevin of Glendalough allows a blackbird to settle on his hands whilst outstretched in prayer. Topographia Hibernica. England [Lincoln?]; circa 1220. Source: Royal 13 B. VIII, f.20. Language: Latin.
Editorial Animals of the zodiac with explanations and illustrations of lucky and unlucky omens. Phrommachat. 1885. Drawings based on the Chinese zodiac, which relates each lunar month to the animals of the 12-year-cycle and their reputed attributes (earth, wood,...
Editorial The calling of the first disciples; Christ driving merchants from the Temple. Holkham Bible Picture Book. England, circa 1320-1330. Source: Add. 47682, f.20.
Editorial In the left margin, the seventh angel with trumpet; the king, seated, gives orders to an executioner who tramples on three blindfolded corpses and is about to behead a fourth victim; on the right, a fifth not yet blindfolded emerges from a door, and tw...
Editorial Cremation of Buddha. The Buddha's funeral pyre attended by the disciple Kassapa (on left on f.20); (f.21): streams of water come from the sky between two trees to extinguish the fire. The Life of the Buddha. Burma, c,1800-1820. Source: Or. 14298, f.21....
Editorial On the right, Vaisravana is shown visiting his father. On the left, Dasagriva and Kumbhakarna perform the severest of penance. Brahma descends from the heavens and prevents him from completing his penance. Brahma grants Dasagriva a boon that he may nev...
Editorial Scenes from the life of the Buddha. The Life of the Buddha. Burma, early 19th century. Source: Or. 5757, f.20. Language: Burmese.
Editorial Calendar page for February. Initial, text and at bottom, agricultural workers with hoops. The Golf Book. Netherlands, S. (Bruges). c. 1520 - 1530. Source: Add. 24098 f.20. Language: Latin.
Editorial A Chinese immortal. A Keepsake from the Cloud Gallery/Yuntai Xianrui. China, 1750. Su Lin, a Taoist adept, stands in mountainous landscape, his robes and beard wind-blown. Painting on silk, from a large album, 40 x 50 cm. Image taken from A Keepsake f...
Editorial An Tawny Owl. Drawings of birds. First half of the 18th century. Source: Add. 5263, f.20.
Editorial ‘N20 Monument erected by the natives of the Bhaughulpoor District to the memory of Augustus Clevland Esqr. Sept 1820’. Augustus Cleveland (1755-84) Bengal Civil Service. Collector and Judge at Bhagalpur. He died at sea on a recuperative voyage to t...
Editorial A member of the Biraki sect. Fuqara'-i Hind. early 19th century. Painting. Source: I.O. ISLAMIC 4777, f.20. Language: Persian.
Editorial A king visiting a sage. Anvar-i Suhayli. India, 1610-1611. A king visiting a sage in a cave. A miniature painting from a seventeenth century manuscript of Anvar-i Suhayli, a version of the Kalila va Dimna fables. Image taken from Anvar-i Suhayli. Ori...
Editorial 'Burial ground.' A man worshiping at an altar. Kisan hwa. [Kisan paintings]. Late 19th century. Album of 100 genre paintings with captions by Kisan [Kim Chun-gun, fl. 1880-1890]. Source: Or.14344, f.20. Language: Korean.
Editorial Calendar page for February. Initial, text and at bottom, agricultural workers with hoops. The Golf Book. Netherlands, S. (Bruges). c. 1520 - 1530. Source: Add. 24098 f.20. Language: Latin.
Editorial A lady stands with flowers growing around her feet, holding a pearl in one hand; green background with sky at top. . Dara Shikoh. 1630-1640. Opaque watercolour. . Source: Add.Or.3129, f.20.
Editorial Lizard (Lacerta lepida) and moth (abraxas grossulariata.) Signed: 'Edwards Pa 202.' 'As big as life'. Amphibians and reptiles. First half of the 18th century. Source: Add. 5272, f.20.
Editorial Elephants at play in the forest. Elephant treatise. c.1830. Painting on folded paper, script in ink with text and illustrations of elephant divinities and natural elephants. . Source: Or. 13652, f.20. Language: Thai.
Editorial Watercolour of Edenbridge village, in the county of Kent, England. A similar collection to illustrate Hasted's History of Kent. Twenty-three volumes. Paper. XVIIIth, XIXth centt. Source: Add. 32362, f.20.
Editorial A Chinese immortal. A Keepsake from the Cloud Gallery/Yuntai Xianrui. China, 1750. Su Lin, a Taoist adept, stands in mountainous landscape, his robes and beard wind-blown. Painting on silk, from a large album, 40 x 50 cm. Image taken from A Keepsake f...
Editorial An indigenous person of South America. Portrait of Yapoyare, illustrating a Macusi mode of paddling in a canoe. Made during Sir Robert Schomburgk's expedition into the interior of British Guiana. Portraits of Indians, of various tribes, viz. Warrau an...
Editorial The Deposition. Book of Hours. N. France [Amiens]; between 1430 and 1440. [Whole folio] Passion of Christ. Deposition of Christ from the Cross. Gospel of St John, chapter 19, 1, beginning with decorated initials 'I' and 'A'. Borders with foliate decora...
Editorial Cremation of Buddha. The Buddha's funeral pyre attended by the disciple Kassapa (on left); streams of water come from the sky between two trees to extinguish the fire. The Life of the Buddha. Burma, c,1800-1820. Source: Or. 14298, f.20. Language: Burmese.
Editorial Grand Duke Dmitri ordering his captains to ride out into the fields of Kolomna with drums, horns, and trumpets. . Skazanie o Mamaevom Poboishche (the Tale of the Rout of Mamai). 17th century. The Skazanie is a romance in Russian Church Slavonic, compo...
Editorial Four mounted knights, in armour and tabards, jousting; the upper pair in sword-combat, the lower pair tilting with lances. 'Sir Thomas Holme's Book of Arms' (ff.9-40v is Military Roll of Arms). England, Probably London, c.1445-1524. Source: Harley 4205...
Editorial The Last Supper; Christ washing the Disciples' feet. ‘Winchester Psalter’ or ‘Psalter of Henry of Blois’. Mid 12th century-2nd half of the 13th century. Source: Cotton Nero C. IV, f.20. Language: Latin.
Editorial Miniature of the personification of Hope, and Christ appearing in the sky. Address in verse to Robert of Anjou, King of Naples, from the town of Prato in Tuscany (the 'Regia Carmina'). Italy, Central (Tuscany); c. 1335-c. 1340. Source: Royal 6 E. IX, f...
Editorial Rishyasringa & the courtesans. Ramayana, Bala Kanda. Udaipur, 1712. Rishyasringa agrees to accompany the courtesans to King Romapada's court. Image taken from Ramayana, Bala Kanda. Originally published/produced in Udaipur, 1712. . Source: Add. 15295,...
Editorial On the left, Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick kneels before king Henry V to receive a sealed letter. Warwick is dressed in full armour. On the right, Warwick and the earl of Kyme are riding away with their men-at-arms, one of whom carries the Warwick...
Editorial George I, king of Great Britain and Ireland and Elector of Hanover. . Guild Book of the Barber Surgeons of York. York, 1486, with additions to 1768. Source: Egerton 2572, f.20. Language: English and Latin.
Editorial Botanical illustration of plants and bulls. Herbal. Italy, N. (Lombardy). Herbal. Italy, N. (Lombardy) c. 1440. Source: Sloane 4016 f.20. Language: Latin.
Editorial . I.O. ISLAMIC 1255 f.20. Image taken from . Originally published/produced in . Source: I.O. ISLAMIC 1255, f.20. Language: Persian.
Editorial Archangel Michael and dragon. Apocalypse. France; circa 1380. [Whole folio] Book of Revelation 12, 7-8. Text. Michael, crowned, with a gold shield bearing a white cross, stands with two angels holding red shields with white crosses. Michael thrusts a c...
Editorial Scene from the life of Buddha. The Life of the Buddha. Burma, c.1800-1820. Source: Or.14297; f.20. Language: Burmese.
Editorial Pen and ink drawing of a wolf, with colour wash; rubrication and text. De animalium proprietate. 2nd quarter of the 16th century-3rd quarter of the 16th century. Source: Burney 97 f.20. Language: Greek, Ancient.
Editorial An Tawny Owl. Drawings of birds. First half of the 18th century. Source: Add. 5263, f.20.
Editorial ‘N20 Monument erected by the natives of the Bhaughulpoor District to the memory of Augustus Clevland Esqr. Sept 1820’. Augustus Cleveland (1755-84) Bengal Civil Service. Collector and Judge at Bhagalpur. He died at sea on a recuperative voyage to t...
Editorial Two Chinese boats. Taishokkan. c.1600. Kowakamai manuscript dealing with the life of Fujiwara no Kamatari, his daughter and a precious crystal ball. Image taken from Taishokkan. Originally published/produced in c.1600. . Source: Or. 12440 volume 2, f...
Editorial Sheikh Dhu'l-Nun and a youth. Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Shiraz, Iran, 1590-1600. Sheikh Dhu'l-Nun, accompanied by followers, addressing a youth who kneels before him in a landscape. A miniature painting from a sixteenth century manusc...
Editorial A bas-de-page scene of a man, with a chest of money, displaying money to two other men. Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals'). France, S. (Toulouse?); last quarter of the 13th century or 1st quarter of the 14th cent...
Editorial Inferno: The circular entrance to a lower part of hell. Dante Alighieri, Divina Commedia ( The Divine Comedy ), with a commentary in Latin. 1st half of the 14th century. Source: Egerton 943, f.20. Language: Italian, Latin.
Editorial A Shillook negress. According to Dr. Stuhlmann, this is also a good type of the Wanyoro face. The history of mankind / Trans from the second German edited by A. J. Butler. v. 3, 1898. [S.l.] : Macmillan, 1896-1898. Source: 572*3343* vol III, f.20 detai...
Editorial Christina Rossetti. Letters ... Translated by Mary J. Serrano ... With. Cassell & Co.: London; printed in U.S.A., 1891. Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830-1894). English poet. Portrait. Image taken from Letters Translated by Mary J. Serrano With portra...
Editorial A Lingum Buljawar. Album of 82 drawings depicting the costume of vari. 1800 - 1801. A Lingum Buljawar at Moota Nelloor. April 1800. Image taken from Album of 82 drawings depicting the costume of various castes in Balaghat, Carnatic. 1800-01. Original...
Editorial The Resurrection of Christ. Biblia Pauperum. N. Netherlands [The Hague]; between 1395 and 1400. [Whole folio] The Resurrection of Christ; prefigured by Samson's escape from the Philistines; he is carrying away the gates of Gaza [Judges 16, 3]: and Jona...
Editorial The Annunciation; a cat and dog play in the foreground; inhabited initial and decorated border with foliage, birds and figures. Book of Hours. France (Paris), circa 1407. Source: Add. 29433, f.20. Language: Mostly Latin, partly French.
Editorial (Detail) St. Kevin praying with blackbird. St. Kevin of Glendalough allows a blackbird to settle on his hands whilst outstretched in prayer. Topographia Hibernica. England [Lincoln?]; circa 1220. Source: Royal 13 B. VIII, f.20. Language: Latin.
Editorial A map of the county of Sussex. Details of roads and rivers, forest and place names. . Cary’s new and correct English atlas: being a new set of county maps from actual surveys. London. A later edition of the atlas first published in 1787. A new series...
Editorial Drawing from Chapter II: Alice, having drunk from the unlabelled bottle, grows too large to fit into the White Rabbit's house. She is obliged to lie down with one foot up the chimney. Alice's Adventures Under Ground [in Wonderland]. England [Oxford]; 1...
Editorial Animals of the zodiac with explanations and illustrations of lucky and unlucky omens. Phrommachat. 1885. Drawings based on the Chinese zodiac, which relates each lunar month to the animals of the 12-year-cycle and their reputed attributes (earth, wood,...
Editorial Hieroglyphic emblem. Italy. Source: Royal 12 C. III, f.20. Language: Latin.
Editorial The calling of the first disciples; Christ driving merchants from the Temple. Holkham Bible Picture Book. England, circa 1320-1330. Source: Add. 47682, f.20.