EditorialTacuinum Sanitatis. Medieval Health Handbook, dated before 1400, based on observations of medical order detailing the most important aspects of food, beverages and clothing. Ibn Butlan (Elbochasim de Baldach) (d. 1038) with two pupils. Miniature. Foli...
EditorialTrumpeter on horseback in front of a closed fortress gate, upper left mark: foli 79, horn, trumpet, cornet, trombone, tuba - CC - out of doors, riding a horse, or mule, rider, horseman, city gate, Jan Luyken, Amsterdam, 1685, paper, etching, h 117 mm ?...
EditorialSidewall, Block-printed on paper, Against a glazed white ground are printed regularly spaced clusters of conventionalized blossoms and foliage in two values of green, possibly arsenic. An all-over design of serpentine vines with small blossoms and foli...
EditorialFrieze, Janeway & Co. Inc., New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1848 - 1914, Machine-printed paper, liquid mica, Border printed two across. Large floral medallions between vining floral loops inside which are four shamrocks/clovers. Bottom has striping and foli...
EditorialCeiling paper, Standard Wall-Paper Company, Standard Wall-Paper Company, Sandy Hill, New York, Machine-printed paper, Trellis or grid pattern featuring alternating leaf-like quatrefoils with scalloped border and beige medallions containing radial, foli...
EditorialFloor tile, Glazed and painted earthenware, Square tile of buff clay with thin underfired opaque grayish-white glaze. Underglaze blue painting of diagonally placed heraldic shield with eagle and three pointed arches. Above, helmet with plumes, and foli...
EditorialSketchbook Page: Caricatures, Kenyon Cox, American, 18561919, Graphite on paper, Recto: Caricature of man with facial hair in right profile., Verso: Caricature of man with facial hair in left profile., USA, 1883, albums (bound) & books, Sketchbook foli...
EditorialSidewall, Machine-printed paper, Aesthetic style design with dense all-over pattern of vines punctuated by sprays of two or three flowers; long vertical single-motif repeat in off-set columns; flowers are brown, green, or extremely pale purple and foli...
EditorialFigure of a dog, Emile Gall?, French, 1846 - 1904, Glazed earthenware, Bulldog sitting on haunches, decorated as if wearing light blue dressing gown, banded in red and embellished with predominantly red flowers, a few blue forget-me-nots and green foli...
EditorialJerusalem recaptured by Saladin, Print on top right: foli 284, militant proselytizing: religious war, crusade, etc, capture of city (after the siege), Jerusalem, Saladin, Jan Luyken (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1683, paper, etching, h 169 mm ? w 2...
EditorialRemember the Sabbath day: the Third Commandment, Elderly man in conversation with a child and his mother. Numbered top left: foli. 263, old man, mother and baby or young child, village square, place, conversation, dialogue, conversation piece, 'remembe...
EditorialCrimson French rose or rose of Provins, Rosa gallica officinalis, Rosier de Provins ordinaire. Stipple copperplate engraving by Pierre Gabriel Langlois handcoloured a la poupee after a botanical illustration by Pierre-Joseph Redoute from the first foli...
EditorialYellow rose, Rosa berberifolia, Rosier a feuilles depine-vinette. Rosa persica var. berberifolia. Stipple copperplate engraving by Jean Baptiste Chapuy handcoloured a la poupee after a botanical illustration by Pierre-Joseph Redoute from the first foli...
EditorialSatan is standing in front of a closed fortress gate with a trumpeter, Marked upper left: Foli 16, devil (s) and demons: Satan, horn, trumpet, cornet, trombone, tuba - CC - out of doors, city gate, Jan Luyken, Amsterdam, 1685, paper, etching, h 117 mm ...
EditorialEmperor Frederik Barbarossa drowns in the Selef, Print on the upper left marked: foli 344, militant proselytizing: religious war, crusade, etc., death by drowning (non-violent), river, Selef, Frederik I Barbarossa (Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire), Ja...
EditorialGerman rider cleaves through a Saracen, print on the upper right: foli 337, militant proselytizing: religious war, crusade, etc, violent death, being killed, being mishandled and maltreated, seeking death, Jan Luyken (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1...
EditorialRemember the Sabbath day: the Third Commandment, Elderly man in conversation with a child and his mother. Numbered top left: foli. 263, old man, mother and baby or young child, village square, place, conversation, dialogue, conversation piece, 'remembe...
EditorialYoung man takes off his hat to greet an elderly couple, Top left mark: foli 364, baring the head, lifting one's hat, Jan Luyken, Amsterdam, 1685, paper, etching, h 134 mm ? w 82 mm.
EditorialWedding blessing by a Jewish priest, Print on the upper left marked: foli 587, 'kiddushin', Jewish wedding, Jan Luyken, Amsterdam, 1685, paper, etching, h 134 mm ? w 81 mm.
EditorialTwo chained men are led to the prison, with the print on the top right: foli 123, prison, jail, prisoner, in fetters, Jan Luyken, Amsterdam, 1685, paper, etching, h 118 mm ? w 69 mm.
EditorialBertrand de Gourdon, whose shot killed Richard the Lionheart, is skinned alive, Top left mark: foli 468, militant proselytizing: religious war, crusade, etc, violent death by flaying, Bertrand I de Gourdon, Richard I Lionheart (King of England), Jan Lu...
EditorialJerusalem recaptured by Saladin, Print on top right: foli 284, militant proselytizing: religious war, crusade, etc, capture of city (after the siege), Jerusalem, Saladin, Jan Luyken (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1683, paper, etching, h 169 mm ? w 2...
EditorialMan flees into a house during a pursuit, Top left mark: foli 114, flight, running away, pursuing, Jan Luyken, Amsterdam, 1685, paper, etching, h 117 mm ? w 68 mm.
EditorialEmperor Koenraad III cuts through a Saracen in a cavalry battle, upper left mark: foli 246, militant proselytizing: religious war, crusade, etc, battle, Koenraad III of Hohenstaufen (King of Germany) and emperor of the Roman Empire), Jan Luyken (mentio...
EditorialFortress gate broken open by storm rams, Print upper right: foli 177, siege arms, eg .: battering ram, city gate, Jan Luyken, Amsterdam, 1685, paper, etching, h 116 mm ? w 69 mm.
EditorialThree unarmed men in conversation with two army commanders, in the background soldiers on horseback, Marked upper left: foli 98, commander-in-chief, general, marshal, land forces, Jan Luyken, Amsterdam, 1685, paper, etching, h 117 mm ? w 68 mm.
EditorialTrumpeter on horseback in front of a closed fortress gate, upper left mark: foli 79, horn, trumpet, cornet, trombone, tuba - CC - out of doors, riding a horse, or mule, rider, horseman, city gate, Jan Luyken, Amsterdam, 1685, paper, etching, h 117 mm ?...
EditorialMourning tribute of women in Damascus, scratching each other's face, Marked top right: foli 35, mourning the dead, Damascus, Jan Luyken (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1682, paper, etching, h 174 mm ? w 134 mm.
Editorial"VICTORY": LADIES TILTING AT THE RING IN TENERIFE, 1897: Tilting at the ring is a favourite amusement with ladies and gentlemen visiting the Canary Islands. At most of the hotels there are courses laid out for tournaments, decorated with flags and foli...