city

Ruins of City Hall, [1906 earthquake, San Francisco, Calif.]

Historic Electric City sign, restored in 2008, shines again. Scranton, Pennsylvania

Muhammad and Abû Bakr on their camels meet a delegation that has come out from the city of Medina to greet them.

Life of the Prophet Muhammad written at the order of the Mamluk sultan al-Mansûr 'Alâ' al-Dîn 'Alî (d. 778/1376). The work was first illustrated during the reign of the Ottoman sultan Murâd III.

One of the newly converted Muslims of Medina urges a group of Jews of this city to convert.

Life of the Prophet Muhammad written at the order of the Mamluk sultan al-Mansûr 'Alâ' al-Dîn 'Alî (d. 778/1376). The work was first illustrated during the reign of the Ottoman sultan Murâd III.

Abû Hishâm and two friends from the city of Medina who have converted to Islam sit respectfully before the Prophet.

Life of the Prophet Muhammad written at the order of the Mamluk sultan al-Mansûr 'Alâ' al-Dîn 'Alî (d. 778/1376). The work was first illustrated during the reign of the Ottoman sultan Murâd III.

A Roman commander pays homage to Khusrau Parvîz in the city of Warigh.

Life of the Prophet Muhammad written at the order of the Mamluk sultan al-Mansûr 'Alâ' al-Dîn 'Alî (d. 778/1376). The work was first illustrated during the reign of the Ottoman sultan Murâd III.

The Jews chase Christ out of the city

City in Syria from BL Royal 20 D I, f. 361v

Bas-de-page miniature of siege of a city in Syria. Image taken from f. 361v of Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César, part 3 of the second redaction. Written in French.

City of Baghdad from BL Royal 19 D I, f. 64

Detail of a miniature of the city of Baghdad. Image taken from f. 64 of Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romances. Written in French.

Burning of a city from BL Royal 19 D I, f. 45

Miniature of a city being burnt to prevent its capture by Perdiccas. Image taken from f. 45 of Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romances. Written in French.

Seal Impression, City Gates

Civitas (City) from BL Royal 6 E VI, f. 270v

Detail of a historiated initial 'O' of the New Jerusalem. Image taken from f. 270v of Omne Bonum (Circumcisio-Dona Spiritui Sancti). Written in Latin.

Antiochus IV Epiphanes is unable to take a Persian city (Elimais, Persepolis)

Mordecai's triumph: Mordecai on the king's horse is led through the city by Haman

Nebuchadnezzar besieges Jerusalem; famine afflicts the city of Jerusalem: women are eating their children

Jeremiah warns Zedekiah: "He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword"

Text with red and blue initials. Map with small drawing of city.

Text with red and blue initials. Map with small drawing of city.

Surrender of a city from BL Royal 20 B XX, f. 34

Detail of a miniature of the surrender of the keys to a city. Image taken from f. 34 of Historia de proelis in a French translation (Le Livre et le vraye hystoire du bon roy Alixandre)(index Alexandre). Written... more

Burning of a city from BL Royal 20 B XX, f. 94v

Detail of a miniature of a city being burnt to prevent its capture by Perdiccas. Image taken from f. 94v of Historia de proelis in a French translation (Le Livre et le vraye hystoire du bon roy Alixandre)(index... more

Eighth vision: John watches as the new Jerusalem is sent by God from heaven; an angel has carried John to a mountain where he shows John the holy city. (Apoc. 21:1-11)

Fifth vision: an angel announces judgment to men of many categories of life; another angel points to the city of Babylon falling to pieces.

Eighth vision: as John watches, God in heaven sends a flowing river through the city of Jerusalem; John attempts to worship an angel who instead points to God. (Apoc. 22:1-9)

Rahab, whose house was built in the city wall of Jericho, lets the spies down from the window by means of a rope; the spies return to the Israelite camp and report to Joshua

Nebuchadnezzar captures the city of Jerusalem: all the treasures of the temple and the palace of Jerusalem are carried off to Babylon; Israelites, including the prophet Ezekiel, are deported to Babylon; Ezekiel prophesies against Jerusalem

Surrender of a city of Alexander from BL Royal 15 E VI, f. 12v

Detail of a miniature of the surrender of a city to Alexander. Image taken from f. 12v of Poems and Romances (the 'Talbot Shrewsbury book'). Written in French.

Alexander attacking a city from BL Royal 15 E VI, f. 13

Miniature of Alexander attacking a city. Image taken from f. 13 of Poems and Romances (the 'Talbot Shrewsbury book'). Written in French.

Alexander attacking a city from BL Royal 15 E VI, f. 13

Detail of a miniature of Alexander attacking a city. Image taken from f. 13 of Poems and Romances (the 'Talbot Shrewsbury book'). Written in French.

Rubrics and full-page miniature across two pages showing siege of a city and a king being hanged.

Full-page miniature showing rain of fire on a city.

Spanish Translation of Saint Augustine's "City of God"

The exhibited volume is one of three with the complete Spanish translation from the Latin of Saint Augustine's City of God (De Civitate Dei). Written in the early fifth century after the sack of Rome by the Vis... more

Spanish Translation of Saint Augustine's "City of God"

This volume is one of three containing the complete Spanish translation from the Latin of Saint Augustine’s City of God (De Civitate Dei), written in the early fifth century, after the sack of Rome by the Visig... more

Spanish Translation of Saint Augustine's "City of God"

Cano de Aranda (Spanish, active Toledo)

Miniature showing 1. Pamphila and two servants or students gather cotton, with walled city in background; 2. Pamphila carding the cotton while the servants clean and wind it. Initial, rubric, border design.

Miniature showing a bloody slaughter inside a walled city, with Triaria prominent among the wounded warriors.

Sheba's head is thrown over the wall of the city

David's army killing people during the conquest of the city of Rabbah

While defending the city of Saba against his attack, Tharbis, the daughter of the king, falls in love with Moses

Achior is tied to a tree near the city of Bethuliah

Miniature showing three elegant ladies (including Cloelia?) fleeing on horseback across the Tiber from a walled city. On the far side of the city, soldiers with canon prepare a siege. Initial, rubric, border design.

Death of Codrus, king of Athens: disguised as a peasant, he seeks to be killed by enemy soldiers to save his city, because he had learned from the oracle that the side whose king fell would be victorious

Miniature showing 1. Joanna in majesty, flanked by male figures; 2. Five corpses hanging from the gallows outside a walled city. A group of archers and soldiers approach the city. Initial (not painted onto gold field) and border design.

An old woman sitting near a city (1st of 3)

Marcus Furius Camillus receiving the schoolmaster of Falerii and his pupils; the schoolmaster is stripped and the children drive him back to their city with sticks (background)

M. Furius Camillus after a siege of 10 years taking and destroying Veii, a powerful Etrurian city, larger and more magnificent than Rome

Siege of a Breton city from BL Royal 17 F II, f. 70

Detail of a miniature of a siege of a Breton city by the Roman army. Image taken from f. 70 of La grant hystoire Cesar, i.e. Les faits des Romains, with additional texts. Written in French.

Siege of a Breton city from BL Royal 17 F II, f. 70

Miniature of a siege of a Breton city by the Roman army, with a partial border containing the royal arms of England held by a lion. Image taken from f. 70 of La grant hystoire Cesar, i.e. Les faits des Romains,... more

Assault of a city and castle from BL Royal 20 E III, f. 30v

Miniature of an assault on a city and castle. Image taken from f. 30v of Chroniques de France ou de Saint Denis (from 1108 to 1270). Written in French.

Assault on a city and castle from BL Royal 20 E III, f. 30v

Detail of a miniature of an assault on a city and castle. Image taken from f. 30v of Chroniques de France ou de Saint Denis (from 1108 to 1270). Written in French.

4 BCE: Varus, the Roman governor of Syria, marches to Jerusalem to quell the insurrection there. He is met by Joseph, cousin of Archelaus, outside the city.

68 CE: Niger the Peraean, a Jewish officer, exhibits his wounds as evidence of his courage in the campaigns against the Romans. Nevertheless, he is dragged through the city by the Zealots and then murdered.

68 CE: The priest Ananus monitors the sentries throughout the night, but the Zealots help the Idumaeans force their way into the city.

66 CE: Cestius, Roman governor of Syria, decides to enter the conflict with the Jews. He sends a detachment to Joppa (Jaffa), where his soldiers burn the city, killing 8,400.

67 CE: Josephus hurries from Tiberias to Jotapata in the Galilee. Vespasian lays siege to the fortress, ordering his archers to shoot down any Jews who show themselves on the walls of the city.

68 CE: The Idumaeans, unsatisfied by the slaughter at the gates, turn to looting and killing in the city.

67 CE: Vespasian burns the Galilean city of Gabara. So bitter is their memory of the defeat of Cestius that the Romans also burn all the surrounding villages and towns.

68 CE: The Idumaeans encamp before the walls of Jerusalem. During the night, a violent and torrential thunderstorm convulses the city, portending calamity.

70 CE: In his first skirmish after arriving in Jerusalem, Titus trounces the Jews, and the Romans fortify their encampment outside the city.

67 CE: After Jewish rebels of Scythopolis rout a group of Roman horsemen, the elders of the city beg Vespasian not to take vengeance on an entire people because of the madness of a few.

67 CE: Titus captures Gamala in a battle so fierce that the whole city is deluged with blood.

70 CE: Titus holds a war council with his officers. He decides to blockade Jerusalem by building a wall around the entire city, with every exit blocked and guarded. The wall, 4 1/2 miles long, is completed in only three days.

68 CE: Roman field commanders, learning of the internecine feuding in Jerusalem, urge Vespasian to march against the city.

People Fleeing a Burning City

Anonymous, French, School of Fontainebleau, 16th century

Landscape with a Walled City and a Large Body of Water

Circle of Matthijs Cock (Netherlandish, ca. 1509/10–1540/48 Antwerp)

Duel between the brothers (or cousins?) Corbie and Orsua for the dominion of a city, in the presence of Scipio

Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Trajan Between City of Victory and Rome

This print comes from the museum’s copy of the Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae (The Mirror of Roman Magnificence) The Speculum found its origin in the publishing endeavors of Antonio Salamanca and Antonio Lafre... more

Caesar moving into Brundisium (Brindisi) after Pompey has left the city; Pompey before embarking dug up all the ground inside the city, cutting trenches and fixing stakes and palissades through the streets

Combat at a City Gate

With the Lederer gift in 1986, the Museum received seventy-one plaquettes and related reliefs, among them this scene of foot soldiers and horsemen. There are three examples of Riccio's sarcophagus-inspired batt... more

Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major and his brother Lucius Cornelius Asiaticus taking the city of Orongis

"Ottoman Army Entering a City", Folio from a Divan of Mahmud `Abd al-Baqi

This manuscript copy of Mahmud 'Abd al‑Baqi’s Divan (collected works) contains poems extolling the pleasures and notable events of courtly life in later sixteenth-century Istanbul. This painting illustrates the... more

Storming a City

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580)

Two Studies of a Standing Youth in Quattrocento Clothing (recto); a cardinal's hat on a fragmentary coat of arms with a griffin (the arms of the city of Perugia) (verso)

The differences between the two figures, in terms of pose, gesture, clothing, and hair, probably reveal a common artistic practice by which the artist began by drawing the live model and, on the same sheet, exp... more

Basilisk Supporting the Arms of the city of Basel

Master DS (Swiss, active 1503–1515)

St. James the Great as pilgrim, appearing at the side of a river in which a ship is sinking; the city of Antwerp (background)

Recto: Landscape with Trees and Figures (? Remarks on the Winds and the Lay-out of the City; Vitruvius, Book 1, Chapter 6, nos. 2, 3): Verso: Blank.

Attributed to a member of the Sangallo family (Florence, ca. 1530–1545)

Recto: The Port City of Alexandria (? Allusion to Dinocrates's Building of Alexandria, Vitruvius, Book 2, introduction, no. 1); Verso: Fragmentary Writing ("Libro Primo...").

A recent discovery, this sheet and seven others (acc. nos. 2008.105.1-8) comprised a manuscript draft for an Italian edition of the sole surviving architectural treatise of Roman antiquity, Ten Books on Archite... more

Recto: "Libro Primo, Chapo Quarto..." (Vitruvius, Book 1, Chapter 4); Verso: The Fortification of City Walls (Vitruvius, Book 1, Chapter 5).

The creator of this drawing was an experienced draftsman of military technology and architecture, as is evident by his use of perspective and in the level of surface detail with which he elaborated the forms pr... more

The Trojans Defend Their City; They Kill Androgeos (Aeneid, Book II)

European of the Renaissance period viewed ancient Rome not only as the origin of Italian civilzation but also the geographic center of a lost golden age. This plaque belongs to a series of at least eighty Limog... more

Commemoration of the Visit of the Dauphin Francis, Son of Francis I, to the City of Lyon in 1533

The medal relates to a theatrical performance organized by the city of Lyon in honor of a 1533 visit by the dauphin François (1518–1536). The inscription and the image of a boy holding wings and a turtle antici... more

The Trojans Bring the Wooden Horse into Their City

Jean Mignon (French, active 1535–ca. 1555)

The Trojans pulling the wooden horse into the city

Since the Trojans had been persuaded that bringing the horse into their city would lead to the Greeks' defeat, the walls were breached and the horse was wheeled in, with the most valiant Greek soldiers hidden i... more

Armed Three-Master Anchored Near a City from The Sailing Vessels

Frans Huys (Netherlandish, 1522–1562)

Ulysses and His Companions Fighting the Cicones Before the City of Ismaros, Study for a Destroyed Fresco in the Galerie d'Ulysee, Chateau de Fontainebleau

Francesco Primaticcio (Italian, Bologna 1504/5–1570 Paris)

"The Spy Zambur Brings Mahiya to the City of Tawariq", Folio from a Hamzanama (Book of Hamza)

The Hamzanama tells the fantastic story of Hamza, an uncle of the Prophet, who traveled the world spreading the teachings of Islam. The story was a popular subject for public recitation in coffeehouses, so exci... more

The prophet Lût (Lot) talks with the angel Jibrâ'îl, with the destroyed city of Sodom in the background.

The Virgin Protectress of the City of Siena

Vanni studied painting briefly in Rome, but, before his twentieth birthday, he was back home in Siena, where he pursued a long career as a painter of altarpieces and decorations for public buildings. In this br... more

[Spanish ships outside Turkish? port city; man in water; another man jumping from ship. plate 3]

Triumphal arch surmounted by a statue representing the city of Bologna, buildings seen through the arch below, a temporary decoration for the entry of Pope Clement VIII in Bologna in 1598

Plate from 'Descrittione de gli apparati fatti in Bologna per la venuta di N.S. Papa Clemente VIII', a book containing a description of the festivities for Pope Clement VIII's entry to Bologna and eight etching... more

A view of the city of Boston the capital of New England in North America

Cavaliers in a City Square

Jean de Saint-Igny (French, Rouen ca. 1595/1600–1647 Paris)

City Prison

Landscape with a Mounted Herdsman and Cows, a City in the Background

Attributed to Jan Both (Dutch, Utrecht ca. 1618–1652 Utrecht)

Halberd with the Arms of the City of Cologne

A Raja Receives Homage Outside the City: Page from a Dispersed Manuscript

This page from an unidentified Hindu chronicle of a king depicts a mountain city with typical multistoried hill architecture atop abstract mounds strewn with clumps of flowers. Outside the gates on the right is... more

Five numbered scenes, each after a painter in the Accademia Degl'Incamminati, from IL FUNERALE D'AGOSTINO CARRACCIO FATTO IN BOLOGNA SUA PATRIA DAGL'INCAMINATI Academici del Disegno: 1. Virtue vanquishing Envy and Fortune, painted by Giulio Cesare Parigino; 2. Apollo and the Muses at the tomb of Agostino Carracci, painted by Luigi Valesio; 3. Mercury pointing to a constellation with the personification of Painting and that of the city of Bologna, Felsina, painted by Aurelio Benelli; 4. Personification of Painting being comforted by Poetry, and the personification of a river at right, painted by Lodovico Carracci; 5. Allegory of Knowledge and Vigilance chasing Envy out of Heaven, painted by Lorenzo Garbieri.

One of seven plates by Reni that illustrate the temporary decorations for the memorial service for the painter Agostino Carracci, from IL FUNERALE D'AGOSTINO CARRACCIO FATTO IN BOLOGNA SUA PATRIA DAGL'INCAMINAT... more

"The Awakening of Kumbhakarna in the Golden City of Lanka", Folio from a Ramayana

Kumbhakarna, the giant brother of the demon Ravana, was tricked by the gods into asking Brahma for the boon of interminable sleep. Ravana built him a lavishly adorned palace, where he slumbered for one hundred ... more

View of the City of Prague

The city of Prague has been lauded by poets as “the dream of delirious architects” whose “magic needs no wand.” The city’s great monuments are easily identified in this panorama, from the castle and cathedral o... more

Unexecuted Design for the Façade of the Church of Santa Maria in Araceli in the city of Vicenza

Giacomo Monticolo of Vicenza (Italian, 17th century)

Plate 2: The city of Rome taken by Constable of Bourbon, from the Triumphs of Charles V

Cornelis Boel (Netherlandish, Antwerp ca. 1576–after 1621)

[Map of Mexico City and environs, showing some buildings] / Samuel Estradanus sculptist, Didac Cisneros inventor