EditorialCornetfish, Fistularia tabacaria 1, Chinese trumpetfish, Aulostomus chinensis 2, and swordfish, Xiphias gladius 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1798. Friedrich Johann Ber...
EditorialIron sword, gladius, of the Mainz type. The blade is rombic in cross section and is slightly wider at the handle and where the tip starts than in the middle. The baffle plate is made of bronze and silver plated at the bottom. At the top, no remains of ...
EditorialBronze picture of the skull of a gladius. The picture has a (hammered in) relief decoration. Pictured is: in the middle a naked, kneeling, looking-back man, with attributes on both sides of the soldiers' equipment: shields, spears, daggers, helmets and...
EditorialStatue of a Roman soldier, Velites or light infantry, with shord sword gladius, wooden shield parma. Copperplate engraving by Francois-Anne David from Museum de Florence, ou Collection des Pierres Gravees, Statues, Medailles, Chez F.A. David, Paris, 17...
EditorialXiphias gladius, Print, Swordfish (Xiphias gladius), also known as broadbills in some countries, are large, highly migratory, predatory fish characterized by a long, flat, pointed bill. They are a popular sport fish of the billfish category, though elu...
EditorialXiphias gladius, Print, Swordfish (Xiphias gladius), also known as broadbills in some countries, are large, highly migratory, predatory fish characterized by a long, flat, pointed bill. They are a popular sport fish of the billfish category, though elu...
EditorialXiphias gladius, Print, Swordfish (Xiphias gladius), also known as broadbills in some countries, are large, highly migratory, predatory fish characterized by a long, flat, pointed bill. They are a popular sport fish of the billfish category, though elu...
EditorialXiphias gladius, Print, Swordfish (Xiphias gladius), also known as broadbills in some countries, are large, highly migratory, predatory fish characterized by a long, flat, pointed bill. They are a popular sport fish of the billfish category, though elu...
EditorialXiphias gladius, Print, Swordfish (Xiphias gladius), also known as broadbills in some countries, are large, highly migratory, predatory fish characterized by a long, flat, pointed bill. They are a popular sport fish of the billfish category, though elu...
EditorialLesser spiny eel, Macrognathus aculeatus, swordfish, Xiphias gladius, and wolf-fish, Anarhichas lupus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Plee Jr. after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Bernard Germain de Lacepede's Natural History of Ovi...
EditorialTerracotta lamp with gladiatorial equipment, Early Imperial, ca. A.D. 40?100, Roman, Cypriot, Terracotta, Overall: 1 x 3 1/4 in. (2.5 x 8.3 cm), Terracottas, On discus, frieze comprising two rectangular shields at bottom behind nozzle, two swords, one ...
EditorialLesser spiny eel, Macrognathus aculeatus, swordfish, Xiphias gladius, and wolf-fish, Anarhichas lupus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Plee Jr. after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Bernard Germain de Lacepede's Natural History of Ovi...
EditorialStar fish, Peprilus paru 78, and swordfish, Xiphias gladius 79. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Encyclopedia of Natural History: Fish, Augsburg, 1804. Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a Bavarian clergyman and naturalist known as...
EditorialAtlantic chub mackerel, Scomber colias, and swordfish, Xiphias gladius. Handcolored engraving by Sebin after an illustration by Oudart from Charles d'Orbigny's "Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle" (Universal Dictionary of Natural History), Par...
EditorialCornetfish, Fistularia tabacaria 1, Chinese trumpetfish, Aulostomus chinensis 2, and swordfish, Xiphias gladius 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1798. Friedrich Johann Ber...
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