EditorialCommon European viper, Vipera berus berus 1, asp, Vipera aspis 2, and Indian saw-scaled viper, Echis carinatus 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Bernard Germain de Lacepede's Natural History of Ovip...
EditorialCharles V, German Emperor, calculation token of the Council of Finance, copper token. Obverse: man's chest piece with laurel wreath inside an inscription. Reverse: eagle, holding snake Aspis in right claw and Basiliscus monster with left claw trampled ...
EditorialCharles V, German Emperor, is preparing for the war against France and Gelderland, Copper Medal. Obverse: portrait of Charles V with crown, apple of the kingdom in left and sword in right hand, standing on the ground snake Aspis and monster Basiliscus ...
EditorialCharles V, German Emperor, is preparing for the war against France and Gelderland, Copper Medal. Obverse: portrait of Charles V with crown, apple of the kingdom in left and sword in right hand, standing on the ground snake Aspis and monster Basiliscus ...
EditorialAspis a Naterschlang, Serpent, Natter, Fig. 8, Fol. VIv, Apiarius, Mathias (imp.), 1536, [Hortus sanitatis oder Garth der Gesundtheyt: von den vier Geschlechten als Thier, V?gel, Vischen und edlem Gesteyn]. [Gedruckt und volendet zu Strassburg]: [durch...
EditorialCharles V, German Emperor, is preparing for the war against France and Gelderland, Copper Medal. Obverse: portrait of Charles V with crown, apple of the kingdom in left and sword in right hand, standing on the ground snake Aspis and monster Basiliscus ...
EditorialRelying on the victories of the Spaniards, calculation token from the Court of Audit in Brabant in Namur, Copper medal. Obverse: man with crown on head and sword in hand, depicting Philip II, trampling snake Aspis and monster Basiliscus within an inscr...
EditorialCharles V, German Emperor, is preparing for the war against France and the Turks, Copper Medal. Obverse: portrait of Charles V with crown, apple of the kingdom in left and sword in right hand, standing on the ground snake Aspis and monster Basiliscus i...
EditorialCharles V, German emperor, calculation token of the Council of Finance, Copper token. Obverse: man's chest piece with laurel wreath inside an inscription. Reverse: eagle, holding snake Aspis in right claw and Basiliscus monster with left claw trampled ...
EditorialCharles V, German Emperor, is preparing for the war against France and Gelderland, Copper Medal. Obverse: portrait of Charles V with crown, rijksa: el in left and sword in right hand, standing on the ground snake Aspis and monster Basiliscus within an ...
EditorialCharles V, German Emperor, is preparing for the war against France and the Turks, Copper Medal. Obverse: portrait of Charles V with crown, apple of the kingdom in left and sword in right hand, standing on the ground snake Aspis and monster Basiliscus i...
EditorialCharles V, German Emperor, is preparing for the war against France and Gelderland, Copper Medal. Obverse: portrait of Charles V with crown, apple of the kingdom in left and sword in right hand, standing on the ground snake Aspis and monster Basiliscus ...
EditorialVipera aspis, Print, Vipera aspis is a venomous viper species found in southwestern Europe. Its common names include asp, asp viper, European asp, and aspic viper, among others. Bites from this species can be more severe than from the European adder, V...
EditorialVipera aspis, Print, Vipera aspis is a venomous viper species found in southwestern Europe. Its common names include asp, asp viper, European asp, and aspic viper, among others. Bites from this species can be more severe than from the European adder, V...
EditorialCommon European viper, Vipera berus berus 1, asp, Vipera aspis 2, and Indian saw-scaled viper, Echis carinatus 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Bernard Germain de Lacepede's Natural History of Ovip...
EditorialBas-de-page scene of two musicians lulling an aspis to sleep with music, while two others steal balm from the tree which the aspis was guarding. Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter'). England (London/Westminster or East Anglia?); between 1310 and 1320. So...
EditorialBas-de-page scene of musicians trying to charm an aspis, which holds one ear to the ground and covers the other with its tail to avoid hearing the music. Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter'). England (London/Westminster or East Anglia?); between 1310 and...
EditorialCommon European viper, Vipera berus berus 1, asp, Vipera aspis 2, and Indian saw-scaled viper, Echis carinatus 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Bernard Germain de Lacepede's Natural History of Ovip...
EditorialSahara sand viper, Cerastes vipera 1, and black asp, Vipera aspis atra, vulnerable 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1795.