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Maya Hieroglyphs Fig 10 - Drawing. Public domain image.

Maya Hieroglyphs Fig 10 - Drawing. Public domain image.

Examples of glyph elision, showing elimination of all parts except essential element (see Wikisource usage for further information.)

Maya Hieroglyphs Fig 77 - Drawing. Public domain image.

Maya Hieroglyphs Fig 77 - Drawing. Public domain image.

Initial Series which proceed from a date prior to 4 Ahau8 Cumhu, the starting point of Maya chronology (see Wikisource usage for further information).

Maya Hieroglyphs Fig 81 - Drawing. Public domain image.

Maya Hieroglyphs Fig 81 - Drawing. Public domain image.

The Initial Series, Secondary Series, and Period-ending date on Altar S, Copan (see Wikisource usage for further information).

Brewer Book of Trades

Brewer Book of Trades

Brewer from Das Ständebuch (The Book of Trades), 1568

Jeanne de bourbon engraving from statue

Jeanne de bourbon engraving from statue

Jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France, from a statue formerly in the Church of the Célestins, Paris.

Colemans British Butterflies Plate X

Colemans British Butterflies Plate X

Plate X. from W. S. Coleman's British Butterflies (1860). 1. Dark Green Fritillary. 2. High-brown Fritillary. 3. Queen of Spain Fritillary. 4. Pearl-bordered Fritillary.

Maya Hieroglyphs Fig 70

Maya Hieroglyphs Fig 70

Initial Series showing head-variant numerals and period glyphs (see Wikisource usage for further information).

Colemans British Butterflies Plate XV

Colemans British Butterflies Plate XV

Plate XV. from W. S. Coleman's British Butterflies (1860). 1. Grizzled Skipper. 2. Dingy Skipper. 3. Chequered Skipper. 4. Lulworth Skipper, 4 a, female. 5. Small Skipper, 5 a, female. 6. Large Skipper, 6 a, f... More

De Col des Sfa bij Biskra. Gezicht op de Sahara

De Col des Sfa bij Biskra. Gezicht op de Sahara

"De Col des Sfa bij Biskra. Gezicht op de Sahara" (Algerije)

Visscher van Volendam in zijn wijde broek

Visscher van Volendam in zijn wijde broek

Visscher van Volendam in zijn wijde broek Public domain photograph of dock building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tara brooch 1896 - Drawing. Public domain image.
Maya Hieroglyphs Fig 08

Maya Hieroglyphs Fig 08

Conflict between the Gods of Life and Death (Kukulcan and Ahpuch)

Maya Hieroglyphs Fig 12

Maya Hieroglyphs Fig 12

Normal-form and head-variant glyphs, showing absence of common essential element (see Wikisource usage for further information.)

Maya Hieroglyphs Fig 69 - Drawing. Public domain image.

Maya Hieroglyphs Fig 69 - Drawing. Public domain image.

Initial Series showing head-variant numerals and period glyphs (see Wikisource usage for further information).

Maya Hieroglyphs Plate 08 - Drawing. Public domain image.

Maya Hieroglyphs Plate 08 - Drawing. Public domain image.

Glyphs representing Initial Series, showing use of bar and dot numerals and head-variant period glyphs

Maya Hieroglyphs Plate 13

Maya Hieroglyphs Plate 13

Oldest Initial Series at Copan—Stela 15 Public domain photograph of a pre-Columbian archaeological object, South and Central America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Conchological Manual Plate 08 - Public domain zoological illustration

Conchological Manual Plate 08 - Public domain zoological illustration

Plate, Figs. 142 to 152. Names (see below) are as used in the 1842 text.

Heilige Meer van Osiris (Abydos)

Heilige Meer van Osiris (Abydos)

Nederlands: Heilig meer van Osiris

Stand by for Mars illustration 00

Stand by for Mars illustration 00

An illustration in the book Stand by for Mars! by Carey Rockwell, illustrated by Louis Glanzman.

Stand by for Mars illustration 13

Stand by for Mars illustration 13

An illustration in the book Stand by for Mars! by Carey Rockwell, illustrated by Louis Glanzman.

Maya Hieroglyphs Fig 34

Maya Hieroglyphs Fig 34

Signs for the kin (see Wikisource usage for further information). Public domain photograph of a pre-Columbian archaeological object, South and Central America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - P... More

Conchological Manual Plate 14 - Public domain zoological illustration

Conchological Manual Plate 14 - Public domain zoological illustration

Plate, Fig. 279 to 317. Names (see below) are as used in the 1842 text.

Conchological Manual Plate 19 - Public domain zoological illustration

Conchological Manual Plate 19 - Public domain zoological illustration

Plate, Fig. 407 to 425. Names (see below) are as used in the 1842 text.

Aan de Zuidpool - p1913-167
Critique of the Theory of Evolution Fig 053
Critique of the Theory of Evolution Fig 054

Critique of the Theory of Evolution Fig 054

Fig. 54. Group II. (See text.)

Irene Castle Winter Costume before 1917

Irene Castle Winter Costume before 1917

Irene Castle (Mrs. Vernon Castle) in afternoon costume for winter, from Woman as Decoration by Emily Burbank, New York, Dodd, Mead and Company, 1917. "Mrs. Vernon Castle who set to-day's fashion in outline of c... More

Maya Hieroglyphs Fig 50

Maya Hieroglyphs Fig 50

Examples of the use of bar and dot numerals with period, day, or month signs (see Wikisource usage for further information).

Conchological Manual Plate 09 - Public domain zoological illustration

Conchological Manual Plate 09 - Public domain zoological illustration

Plate, Figs. 153 to 164 and 166. Names (see below) are as used in the 1842 text.

Aan de Zuidpool - p1913-116-2
De vrouwen van Volendam buitenshuis bezig

De vrouwen van Volendam buitenshuis bezig

De vrouwen van Volendam buitenshuis bezig

Britannica Drum B - Public domain book illustration

Britannica Drum B - Public domain book illustration

A great variety of rhythmical figures can be played on the side drum, such as these.

Britannica Dynamo 19 - Public domain book illustration

Britannica Dynamo 19 - Public domain book illustration

As a general rule, whether bars or former-wound coils are employed, the armature is barrel-wound, i.e. the end-connexions project outwards from the slots with but little change of level, so that they form a cy... More

Last Enemy illustration 00

Last Enemy illustration 00

An illustration in the book Last Enemy by H. Beam Piper, illustrated by Miller.

Last Enemy illustration 03

Last Enemy illustration 03

An illustration in the book Last Enemy by H. Beam Piper, illustrated by Miller.

Last Enemy illustration 06 - Drawing. Public domain image.

Last Enemy illustration 06 - Drawing. Public domain image.

An illustration in the book Last Enemy by H. Beam Piper, illustrated by Miller.

Stripe of gold embroidery

Stripe of gold embroidery

"Stripe of gold embroidery in gold thread, purl, and flattened gold wire", from Encyclopedia of Needlework, by Thérèse de Dillmont

Maya Hieroglyphs Fig 03

Maya Hieroglyphs Fig 03

Ahpuch, God of Death Public domain photograph of a pre-Columbian archaeological object, South and Central America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Maya Hieroglyphs Fig 25

Maya Hieroglyphs Fig 25

Signs for the cycle (see Wikisource usage for further information). Public domain photograph of a pre-Columbian archaeological object, South and Central America, free to use, no copyright restrictions imag... More

Maya Hieroglyphs Fig 54

Maya Hieroglyphs Fig 54

A sign for 0, used also to express the idea "ending" or "end of" in Period-ending dates (see Wikisource usage for further information).

Conchological Manual Plate 20 - Public domain zoological illustration

Conchological Manual Plate 20 - Public domain zoological illustration

Plate, Fig. 426 to 443. Names (see below) are as used in the 1842 text.

Colemans British Butterflies Plate XIV

Colemans British Butterflies Plate XIV

Plate XIV. from W. S. Coleman's British Butterflies (1860). 1. Large Blue. 2. Chalk-hill Blue, 2 a, female. 3. Adonis Blue, 3 a, female. 4. Common Blue, 4 a, female. 5. Silver-studded Blue, 5 a, female. 6. Bro... More

Embroidered bookbinding England 16th century

Embroidered bookbinding England 16th century

Embroidered bookbinding. "The book is in three volumes, and is a copy of the Historia Ecclesiastica, written by [John] Christopherson, Bishop of Chichester, and printed at Louvain in 1569. Each of these volumes... More

Stand by for Mars illustration 08

Stand by for Mars illustration 08

An illustration in the book Stand by for Mars! by Carey Rockwell, illustrated by Louis Glanzman.

Jacobean embroidery terra firma

Jacobean embroidery terra firma

"from an 18th century (?) curtain done in solid crewel work, in somewhat bright colouring" ..."A portion of the terra firma of the curtain. The strawberries and clear parts of the ground are worked in French kn... More

Maya Hieroglyphs Fig 78

Maya Hieroglyphs Fig 78

The Initial Series on Stela J, Quirigua (see Wikisource usage for further information).

Aan de Zuidpool - p1913-168
Critique of the Theory of Evolution Fig 070

Critique of the Theory of Evolution Fig 070

Fig. 70. Scheme showing the results of fertilizing white bearing eggs (4 kinds) resulting from non-disjunction. The upper half of the diagram gives the results when these eggs are fertilized by normal red beari... More

Embroidery frame freestanding - Public domain portrait drawing

Embroidery frame freestanding - Public domain portrait drawing

Drawing of a free-standing embroidery frame

Connecticut yankee evolution - Drawing. Public domain image.

Connecticut yankee evolution - Drawing. Public domain image.

An illustration from Project Gutenberg's edition of Mark Twain's "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court." An image of the title page shows "New York: Charles L. Webster & Company. 1889,:

Aan de Zuidpool - p1913-123
Tentoonstelling Milaan - p1906-217

Tentoonstelling Milaan - p1906-217

Nederlands: Tentoonstelling Milaan 1906. Italiano: Esposizione universale di Milano del 1906, Padiglione delle Arti decorative francesi, opera dell'architetto Orsino Bongi (1875-1921).

Britannica Diagram 1 - Public domain  drawing

Britannica Diagram 1 - Public domain drawing

Diagram of Configuration. Public domain scan of geometry drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jacobean embroidery leaf

Jacobean embroidery leaf

Jacobean embroidery leaf pattern: "This bold leaf is mainly carried out in block shading, but the colours are unusual. Indigo for the outside edge, soft brown the central block, and light green for the inner; i... More

Maya Hieroglyphs Fig 13

Maya Hieroglyphs Fig 13

Glyphs built up on a phonetic basis (see Wikisource usage for further information.)

Maya Hieroglyphs Fig 45

Maya Hieroglyphs Fig 45

Sign for 20 in the codices (see Wikisource usage for further information).

Maya Hieroglyphs Plate 27

Maya Hieroglyphs Plate 27

Page 12 of the Dresden Codex, showing tonalamatls in all three divisions

Spanish-Arabic map of 1109 - Public domain old map

Spanish-Arabic map of 1109 - Public domain old map

Spanish-Arabic map of 1109(B. Mus., Add. mss., 11695). The original, gorgeously coloured, represents the crudest of Christian and Moslem notions of the world. Even more crude than in the Turin map and the Mapp... More

Joodsche vrouw uit Tunis

Joodsche vrouw uit Tunis

"Joodsche vrouw uit Tunis" Public domain photograph related to the history of Russia, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tentoonstelling Milaan - p1906-216

Tentoonstelling Milaan - p1906-216

Nederlands: Tentoonstelling Milaan 1906. Italiano: Padiglione dell'Esposizione universale di Milano del 1906.

William Wordsworth - Project Gutenberg eText 12933

William Wordsworth - Project Gutenberg eText 12933

Public domain photo of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Britannica Economic Entomology 4

Britannica Economic Entomology 4

San José Scale (Aspidiotus perniciosus). A, Male scale insect; B, female; C, larva; D, female scale; E, male scale.

Gilbert De Magnete Illo037 - Public domain portrait drawing

Gilbert De Magnete Illo037 - Public domain portrait drawing

Illustration from De Magnete, etc. by William Gilbert (1600, translated 1900), showing the drawing of nails by a loadstone

Last Enemy illustration 04 - Drawing. Public domain image.

Last Enemy illustration 04 - Drawing. Public domain image.

An illustration in the book Last Enemy by H. Beam Piper, illustrated by Miller.

Maya Hieroglyphs Fig 40

Maya Hieroglyphs Fig 40

Normal forms of numerals 1 to 19, inclusive, in the inscriptions (see Wikisource usage for further information).

Colemans British Butterflies Plate II

Colemans British Butterflies Plate II

Plate II. from W. S. Coleman's British Butterflies (1860). 1. Egg of Garden White B. 2. -- Queen of Spain Fritillary. 3. -- Large Heath B. 4. -- Peacock B. 5. -- Large Tortoiseshell B. 6. -- ... More

Felbrigge, Illuminated medieval manuscript

Felbrigge, Illuminated medieval manuscript

Felbrigge Psalter - Embroidered bookbinding. "The earliest example of an embroidered book in existence is, I believe, the manuscript English Psalter written in the thirteenth century, which afterwards belonged... More

Wood Carvings in English Churches II-112

Wood Carvings in English Churches II-112

Pope's chair in St Peter's, Rome, last shown in 1867.

Maya Hieroglyphs Plate 12 - Drawing. Public domain image.

Maya Hieroglyphs Plate 12 - Drawing. Public domain image.

Glyphs representing Initial Series, showing use of head-variant numerals and period glyphs

Politieagenten met een arrestant (Athene)

Politieagenten met een arrestant (Athene)

"Politieagenten met een arrestant" (Athene)

Critique of the Theory of Evolution Fig 047

Critique of the Theory of Evolution Fig 047

Fig. 47. An egg, and the division of the egg—the so-called process of cleavage. (After Selenka.)

Stand by for Mars illustration 06

Stand by for Mars illustration 06

An illustration in the book Stand by for Mars! by Carey Rockwell, illustrated by Louis Glanzman.

Montegrin cross stitch - A black and white drawing of a cross stitch

Montegrin cross stitch - A black and white drawing of a cross stitch

Montenegrin cross stitch in canvas work from Encyclopedia of Needlework, by Thérèse de Dillmont

Maya Hieroglyphs Fig 79

Maya Hieroglyphs Fig 79

The Secondary Series on Stela J, Quirigua (see Wikisource usage for further information).

Aan de Zuidpool - p1913-148
Butler Obris Veteribus Notus A - Public domain map

Butler Obris Veteribus Notus A - Public domain map

The Atlas of Ancient and Classical Geography by Samuel Butler

Critique of the Theory of Evolution Fig 014

Critique of the Theory of Evolution Fig 014

Fig. 14. Diagram illustrating the history of the factors in the germ cells of the cross shown in Fig. 13

Stand by for Mars illustration 24

Stand by for Mars illustration 24

An illustration in the book Stand by for Mars! by Carey Rockwell, illustrated by Louis Glanzman.

Embroidery with gold purl

Embroidery with gold purl

Embroidery with gold purl, from Encyclopedia of Needlework, by Thérèse de Dillmont

Maya Hieroglyphs Plate 32

Maya Hieroglyphs Plate 32

Page 62 of the Dresden Codex, showing the Serpent Numbers

Maya Hieroglyphs Fig 26

Maya Hieroglyphs Fig 26

Full-figure variant of cycle sign (see Wikisource usage for further information).

Maya Hieroglyphs Fig 66

Maya Hieroglyphs Fig 66

Designation of glyphs in a text. Glyph α is referred to as D3; glyph β as F6; glyph γ as K4; glyph δ as N10. (see Wikisource usage for further information).

Maya Hieroglyphs Plate 05

Maya Hieroglyphs Plate 05

Tonalamatl wheel, showing sequence of the 260 differently named days Public domain photograph of a pre-Columbian archaeological object, South and Central America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image ... More

Spray indian - A black and white map of australia and australia

Spray indian - A black and white map of australia and australia

The Spray's course from Australia to South Africa.

Spray strait magellan - Public domain vintage map

Spray strait magellan - Public domain vintage map

The course of the Spray through the Strait of Magellan. Public domain scan of a map, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Conchological Manual Fig 04 - Public domain sheet music scan

Conchological Manual Fig 04 - Public domain sheet music scan

4. Imaginary cone. a. Apex. b. Base. l. Lines of growth.

Conchological Manual Figs 40-42

Conchological Manual Figs 40-42

Varices are caused by periodical rests or stoppages in the growth of the shell, when the edge of the aperture thickens, and renders the shell as complete as when full grown. Fig. 40, numerous; 41, few, continu... More

Conchological Manual Plate 16 - Public domain zoological illustration

Conchological Manual Plate 16 - Public domain zoological illustration

Plate, Fig. 349 to 381. Names (see below) are as used in the 1842 text.

Country life 1518

Country life 1518

Woodcut of country life Public domain scan of 16th-century woodcut print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain scan of woodcut print, free to use, no copyright restr... More

Hatter Book of Trades

Hatter Book of Trades

Hatters from Das Ständebuch (The Book of Trades), 1568

Miller Book of Trades

Miller Book of Trades

Miller from Das Ständebuch (The Book of Trades), 1568

Aan de Zuidpool - p1913-120
An engagement in Hungary between an Austro-Hungarian force and Russian cavalry

An engagement in Hungary between an Austro-Hungarian force and Russian...

An engagement in Hungary between an Austro-Hungarian force and a body of Russian cavalry who had crossed the Carpathians from Galicia.

Bazar te Athene - A group of people standing outside of a building
Boekarest - verschillende gebouwen

Boekarest - verschillende gebouwen

"Boekarest: Boulevard Coltei.—De kerk Spiritoe Noe.—Het nieuwe gedeelte van den Boulevard Coltei.—De Metropolitaankerk.—De Universiteit.—Het paleis van den oud-minister Stoerdza.—Een oud klooster"

Colemans British Butterflies Plate XII

Colemans British Butterflies Plate XII

Plate XII. from W. S. Coleman's British Butterflies (1860). 1. Brown Hair-streak, 1 a, female. 2. Black Hair-streak. 3. White Letter Hair-streak. 4. Purple Hair-streak, 4 a, female. 5. Green Hair-streak.

Embroidered bookbinding 13th century Annunciation

Embroidered bookbinding 13th century Annunciation

Embroidered bookbinding. "The earliest example of an embroidered book in existence is, I believe, the manuscript English Psalter written in the thirteenth century, which afterwards belonged to Anne, daughter of... More

Het stadje Pétrozény Transylvania, Romania

Het stadje Pétrozény Transylvania, Romania

"Het stadje Pétrozény" (Petroşani)

Oolijke Volendamsche deerntjes

Oolijke Volendamsche deerntjes

Oolijke Volendamsche deerntjes Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Straatje in Taormina - A black and white photo of a narrow street

Straatje in Taormina - A black and white photo of a narrow street

"Straatje in Taormina" Italiano: Vicolo a Taormina. Da: De Aarde en haar Volken, 1906.

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