November and December from BL Eg 1139, ff. 18v-19
Calendar pages for November and December, with roundels of Sagittarius and Capricorn. Image taken from ff. 18v-19 of Psalter (The 'Melisende Psalter') with canticles, prayers, and litany. Written in Latin.
December from BL Royal 2 B VII, f. 82v
Miniature of men killing and slaughtering pigs, on a calendar page for December. Image taken from f. 82v of Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter'). Written in Latin, with French image captions.
December from BL Royal 2 B VII, f. 83
Miniature of goatherds and goats (for the zodiac sign Capricorn), from a calendar page for December. Image taken from f. 83 of Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter'). Written in Latin, with French image captions.
December from BL Royal 2 B VII, f. 82v
Detail of a miniature of men killing and slaughtering pigs, on a calendar page for December. Image taken from f. 82v of Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter'). Written in Latin, with French image captions.
December from BL Eg 3277, f. 6v
Calendar page for December, with inhabited 'KL' initials of the labour of the month, of a man killing a pig, and an illuminated roundel containing the zodiac symbol for Capricorn. Image taken from f. 6v of Psal... more
December from BL Royal 2 A XVIII, f. 33v
Calendar page for December with additions of the obits of Agnes of Northwood, Agnes de Grandison and Gerard de Grandison. Image taken from f. 33v of Book of Hours (The 'Beaufort/Beauchamp Hours'), Use of Sarum.... more
December from BL Eg 2865, f. 7v
Calendar page for December. Image taken from f. 7v of Breviary, Ambrosian use. Written in Latin.
December from BL Eg 1070, f. 11v
Calendar page for December, with miniatures of a man slaughtering a pig and a horned ram (Capricorn). Image taken from f. 11v of Book of Hours, Use of Paris ('The Hours of René d'Anjou'). Written in Latin, cale... more
December from BL Eg 1070, f. 11v
Calendar page for December, with miniatures of a man slaughtering a pig and a horned ram (Capricorn). Image taken from f. 11v of Book of Hours, Use of Paris ('The Hours of René d'Anjou'). Written in Latin, cale... more
December from BL Eg 2076, f. 10
December, unfinished, in the Calendar. Image taken from f. 10 of Meditations and church services. Written in Latin.
Cenotaph for Sebastian I, King of Portugal, Basilica Farnesina, Rome, ...
Mario Cartaro (Italian, born Viterbo, active Rome ca. 1557–88, died 1620)
![[Columbus landing on Hispaniola, Dec. 6, 1492; greeted by Arawak Indians]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1594/01/01/columbus-landing-on-hispaniola-dec-6-1492-greeted-by-arawak-indians-640.jpg "[Columbus landing on Hispaniola, Dec. 6, 1492; greeted by Arawak Indians]")
[Columbus landing on Hispaniola, Dec. 6, 1492; greeted by Arawak India...
Engraving by DeBry. Illus. in: DeBry, America, pt. 4, plate IX. Reference copy may be in Biog. File. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: RBD?; Columbus; Indians; Haiti.
Catafalque of Philip II, King of Spain, in Antwerp Cathedral, December...
Anonymous, Netherlandish, 16th century
December
Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
![At the General Court of their Majesties Colony of the Massachusetts Bay in New-England, sitting in Boston by adjournment, December 10th, 1690 [An order for the granting forth of printed bills for seven thousand pounds] Cambridge: Printed by Samu](http://picryl-test-processed.s3-website-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/photo/2019/11/18/at-the-general-court-of-their-majesties-colony-of-the-massachusetts-bay-in-8372b1-640.jpg "At the General Court of their Majesties Colony of the Massachusetts Bay in New-England, sitting in Boston by adjournment, December 10th, 1690 [An order for the granting forth of printed bills for seven thousand pounds] Cambridge: Printed by Samu")
At the General Court of their Majesties Colony of the Massachusetts Ba...
Positive Photostat.; This is supposed to be the first emission of paper money in the colonies.; Paper money. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as... more
December (one of a series representing the labors of the months)
Jonas Umbach (German, Augsburg 1624–1693 Augsburg)
![At a General Court for their Majesties Colony of the Massachusetts Bay in New-England, sitting at Boston, upon adjournment, December 22th, 1691 [A proclamation relating to various matters] [Cambridge Printed by Bartholomew Green 1691].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/2019/09/18/at-a-general-court-for-their-majesties-colony-of-the-massachusetts-bay-in-new-d93dd1-640.jpg "At a General Court for their Majesties Colony of the Massachusetts Bay in New-England, sitting at Boston, upon adjournment, December 22th, 1691 [A proclamation relating to various matters] [Cambridge Printed by Bartholomew Green 1691].")
At a General Court for their Majesties Colony of the Massachusetts Bay...
Incomplete. p. 2 wanting.; Positive Photostat.; Proclamation. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection... more
The Final Assault on the Boar, or December from a set of the Hunts of ...
Bernard van Orley (Netherlandish, Brussels ca. 1492–1541/42 Brussels) , probably
![The Turkish fast, out of the Monthly Mercury for December, 1697. [blank] Boston, in N. E. Re-printed by B. Green, and J. Allen. May 13, 1698.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1698/01/01/the-turkish-fast-out-of-the-monthly-mercury-for-december-1697-blank-boston-640.jpg "The Turkish fast, out of the Monthly Mercury for December, 1697. [blank] Boston, in N. E. Re-printed by B. Green, and J. Allen. May 13, 1698.")
![B-n, Dec.8, 1713. To the honourable the Society for prorogating the gospel in foreign parts. The representation and request of the ministers, church wardens and vestry of the Church of England in B---n … [Boston 1713].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1713/01/01/b-n-dec8-1713-to-the-honourable-the-society-for-prorogating-the-gospel-in-foreign-640.jpg "B-n, Dec.8, 1713. To the honourable the Society for prorogating the gospel in foreign parts. The representation and request of the ministers, church wardens and vestry of the Church of England in B---n … [Boston 1713].")
December from a set of The Months of Lucas
Master of the Months of Lucas (Netherlandish, active about 1535)
![By His Excellency Nicholas Vandyke, Esq; President, Captain-General and Commander in Chief of the Delaware State, A Proclamation [dated New-Castle, Nov. 17, 1783, appointing Thursday Dec. 11th as a day of thanksgiving for the cessation of hostilities]](https://cdn6.picryl.com/photo/1757/12/31/by-his-excellency-nicholas-vandyke-esq-president-captain-general-and-commander-aec9cc-640.jpg "By His Excellency Nicholas Vandyke, Esq; President, Captain-General and Commander in Chief of the Delaware State, A Proclamation [dated New-Castle, Nov. 17, 1783, appointing Thursday Dec. 11th as a day of thanksgiving for the cessation of hostilities]")
![In Provincial Congress, New-York, Dec. 12, 1775. [Having learned that a number of disaffected persons in Queen's County have received arms from the Asia, twenty-six men, charged as the principals, are ordered to appear before Congress on the 19th.] Signed](https://cdn6.picryl.com/photo/1757/12/31/in-provincial-congress-new-york-dec-12-1775-having-learned-that-a-number-of-5d6ed8-640.jpg "In Provincial Congress, New-York, Dec. 12, 1775. [Having learned that a number of disaffected persons in Queen's County have received arms from the Asia, twenty-six men, charged as the principals, are ordered to appear before Congress on the 19th.] Signed")
![Proposals for printing by subscription the miser: or, the soldies [blank] A comedy of three acts, as it is [blank] acted by his Majesty’s servants by William Clarke. Boston December 1768.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1768/01/01/proposals-for-printing-by-subscription-the-miser-or-the-soldies-blank-a-comedy-640.jpg "Proposals for printing by subscription the miser: or, the soldies [blank] A comedy of three acts, as it is [blank] acted by his Majesty’s servants by William Clarke. Boston December 1768.")
Proposals for printing by subscription the miser: or, the soldies [bla...
Positive Photostat.; Not in Evans.; Not in Ford. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 3... more
![To the merchants and other inhabitants of Pennsylvania. [Recommending canals between the Susquehanna and Schuylkill and the Chesapeake and the Delaware] [Signed] A friend to trade. Philadelphia. Dec. 13, 1771.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1771/01/01/to-the-merchants-and-other-inhabitants-of-pennsylvania-recommending-canals-640.jpg "To the merchants and other inhabitants of Pennsylvania. [Recommending canals between the Susquehanna and Schuylkill and the Chesapeake and the Delaware] [Signed] A friend to trade. Philadelphia. Dec. 13, 1771.")
To the merchants and other inhabitants of Pennsylvania. [Recommending ...
Positive Photostat. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 143, Folder 18.
December
Hendrik Meijer (Dutch, Amsterdam 1744–1793 London)
The following piece, which was desired to be inserted in the New-York ...
Imprint 2.; On verso: S; Dec 24, 1772. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 104, Folder 28.
Philadelphia, Monday, December 27, 1773. The unanimity, spirit and zea...
Imprint 3.; Tea ship. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 143, Folder 33.
In Provincial congress, Cambridge, December 6, 1774. Resolved, that th...
Positive Photostat. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 37, Folder 43a.
![Committee Chamber, December 6, 1774. [Resolves in regard to the 10th article of the Association of the General Congress, requiring the opening of all package of goods imported after December 1st, 1774] [Philadelphia, 1774].](http://picryl-test-processed.s3-website-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/photo/2019/10/06/committee-chamber-december-6-1774-resolves-in-regard-to-the-10th-article-of-533c11-640.jpg "Committee Chamber, December 6, 1774. [Resolves in regard to the 10th article of the Association of the General Congress, requiring the opening of all package of goods imported after December 1st, 1774] [Philadelphia, 1774].")
Committee Chamber, December 6, 1774. [Resolves in regard to the 10th a...
Imprint 2. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 143, Folder 39.
![To the citizens of New-York. December 30, 1775. Fellow-Citizens. The design of electing a new Assembly at this time, is plainly to distract your attention ... [Signed] A poor Man. [blank] [New York, 1775].](http://picryl-test-processed.s3-website-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/photo/2019/11/02/to-the-citizens-of-new-york-december-30-1775-fellow-citizens-the-design-of-203f48-640.jpg "To the citizens of New-York. December 30, 1775. Fellow-Citizens. The design of electing a new Assembly at this time, is plainly to distract your attention ... [Signed] A poor Man. [blank] [New York, 1775].")
To the citizens of New-York. December 30, 1775. Fellow-Citizens. The d...
Imprint 2.; On verso: S; Dec 30, 1775. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 108, Folder 41.
In council, December 1, 1775. Whereas it is of the utmost importance t...
Positive Photostat.; Original in Washington papers Vol 21 no. 43 Mss. Div.; Stamped on verso: 504. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text... more
To the citizens of New York, December 30, 1775 ...
Revolutionary War period broadside - no illus. Illus. in: Broadside Collection - Rare Book Division. No ref. copies. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: U.S. Hist. 177... more
To the freeholders and freemen of New-York. My dear countrymen. Decemb...
On verso: S; Dec 29, 1775. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 108, Folder 40.
In the House of representatives. December 2, 1775. Whereas the supply ...
Positive Photostat.; Not in Ford.; Stamped on verso: 504. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephe... more
![In the House of representatives. Dec. 2, 1775. Resolved, that Mr. Guild, for the county of Suffolk [and 23 others] be and they hereby are severally appointed to use their utmost endeavors to raise the men proportioned and fixed on the several to](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1775/01/01/in-the-house-of-representatives-dec-2-1775-resolved-that-mr-guild-for-the-county-640.jpg "In the House of representatives. Dec. 2, 1775. Resolved, that Mr. Guild, for the county of Suffolk [and 23 others] be and they hereby are severally appointed to use their utmost endeavors to raise the men proportioned and fixed on the several to")
Ship Dutchess of Gordon, Off New York, 18th Dec. 1775. Sir, I lose no ...
Evans 14298.; On verso: S; Dec 18, 1775. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 108, Folder 44.
![In Council of Safety. December 5, 1776. Resolved that Messieurs Robert Bailey [and 42 others] be appointed to go round the several ward of this City and the Southern and Northern liberties, to collect all the Old Great Coats, coats, surtouts, Ja](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1776/01/01/in-council-of-safety-december-5-1776-resolved-that-messieurs-robert-bailey-640.jpg "In Council of Safety. December 5, 1776. Resolved that Messieurs Robert Bailey [and 42 others] be appointed to go round the several ward of this City and the Southern and Northern liberties, to collect all the Old Great Coats, coats, surtouts, Ja")
We whose names are under-written, do hereby severally inlist ourselves...
Positive Photostat.; Not in Ford.; Not in Evans.; Stamped on verso: 595. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera... more
![In Council of Safety. December 5, 1776. Resolved that Messieurs Robert Bailey [and 42 others] be appointed to go round the several ward of this City and the Southern and Northern liberties, to collect all the Old Great Coats, coats, surtouts, Ja](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1776/01/01/in-council-of-safety-december-5-1776-resolved-that-messieurs-robert-bailey-1-640.jpg "In Council of Safety. December 5, 1776. Resolved that Messieurs Robert Bailey [and 42 others] be appointed to go round the several ward of this City and the Southern and Northern liberties, to collect all the Old Great Coats, coats, surtouts, Ja")
Plan of the city and environs of Quebec : with its siege and blockade ...
Scale ca. 1:7,320. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Includes notes and index to points of interest and points of attack. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault A... more
![One hundred and twenty dollars reward Major Christopher French, Ens. Joseph Moland, and the infamous Gurdon Whitmore, broke gaol and escaped this evening .... Barz. Hudson, Gaoler. December 27th, 1776. [s. l.]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/2019/10/03/one-hundred-and-twenty-dollars-reward-major-christopher-french-ens-joseph-moland-a7ee64-640.jpg "One hundred and twenty dollars reward Major Christopher French, Ens. Joseph Moland, and the infamous Gurdon Whitmore, broke gaol and escaped this evening .... Barz. Hudson, Gaoler. December 27th, 1776. [s. l.]")
One hundred and twenty dollars reward Major Christopher French, Ens. J...
Positive Photostat.; Reward.; Imprint 2.; Not in Evans. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Port... more
[Map of British outposts between Burlington and New Bridge, New Jersey...
Not drawn to scale. Alternate title in Philip Lee Phillips' A list of maps of America: Maps of the road taken by the British troops from New Bridge to Burlington, N.J. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Ha... more
Sketch of the engagement at Trenton, given on the 26th of December 177...
Scale not given. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Includes "Explanation." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1267 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a ... more
Plan of Princeton, Dec. 31, 1776.
Scale not given. Title on verso. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1271 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Reconnaissance map showing "Gen Les... more
We whose names are under-written, do hereby severally inlist ourselves...
Ford 2022.; Evans 14883. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 39, Folder 14a.
Whereas it appears to this Court, that the part of the militia of this...
Positive Photostat.; Stamped on verso: 504. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collectio... more
Plan of the city and environs of Quebec, with its siege and blockade b...
Scale ca. 1:6,900. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Includes historic notes and index to important buildings and military defenses. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 611 Avai... more
Plan of the operations of General Washington against the King's troops...
Scale ca. 1:113,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Shows area from Newtown, Pennsylvania to Kingston, New Jersey, with routes of British and American forces. LC Maps of North... more
![[Arms] By His Excellency Sir William Howe, K. B. General and Commander in Chief, &c. &c. proclamation [Modifying his proclamation of December 4th] Given under my hand at Headquarters, in Philadelphia, this eighteenth day of December, 1777. W How](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1777/01/01/arms-by-his-excellency-sir-william-howe-k-b-general-and-commander-in-chief-5-640.jpg "[Arms] By His Excellency Sir William Howe, K. B. General and Commander in Chief, &c. &c. proclamation [Modifying his proclamation of December 4th] Given under my hand at Headquarters, in Philadelphia, this eighteenth day of December, 1777. W How")
Plan of the operations of General Washington, against the Kings troops...
Scale ca. 1:113,000. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Shows area from Newtown, Pennsylvania to Kingston, New Jersey, with routes of British and American forces. Based on manuscript no. 61a in Library of ... more
![[Arms] By His Excellency Sir William Howe, K. B. General and Commander in Chief, &c. &c. proclamation [Modifying his proclamation of December 4th] Given under my hand at Headquarters, in Philadelphia, this eighteenth day of December, 1777. W How](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1777/01/01/arms-by-his-excellency-sir-william-howe-k-b-general-and-commander-in-chief-640.jpg "[Arms] By His Excellency Sir William Howe, K. B. General and Commander in Chief, &c. &c. proclamation [Modifying his proclamation of December 4th] Given under my hand at Headquarters, in Philadelphia, this eighteenth day of December, 1777. W How")
Plan of the operations of General Washington, against the Kings troops...
Scale ca. 1:113,000. Hand colored. LC copy trimmed to border. Relief shown by hachures. Shows area from Newtown, Pennsylvania to Kingston, New Jersey, with routes of British and American forces. Includes tables... more