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Sublime and beautiful reflections on the French revolution, or the man...

Print shows Edmund Burke sitting at a desk on a crescent moon, holding a quill pen, an open "pamphlet" and an inkwell are on the desk, broken chains hang from his wrists; a scene on the front of the desk, label... More

Roman Marble relief with Hermes

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Cuneiform tablet: account of oxen given to ploughmen, Ebabbar archive

Mesopotamia, probably from Sippar (modern Tell Abu Habba) Neo-Babylonian Public domain photograph of archaeological object, Mesopotamia, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Turkish Archaic Gold stater - Public domain museum image. A gold coin ...

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Roman Relief of Jupiter - Public domain museum image. A statue of a ma...

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Canon table from BL Royal 1 E VI, f. 6

Canon table with a zoomorphic decoration in the 'Trewhiddle Style'. Image taken from f. 6 of Gospels, imperfect (the 'Royal Bible'). Written in Latin.

John the Baptist from BL Eg 1139, f. 206

Detail of miniature of John the Baptist. Image taken from f. 206 of Psalter (The 'Melisende Psalter') with canticles, prayers, and litany. Written in Latin.

The apostles awake Christ to still the storm on the sea of Galilee

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Mesoamerican Rain God Mask - Public domain dedication photo

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Six Ages of the World from BL YT 31, f. 77

Circular diagram of the Six Ages of the World, with an angel at the centre with outspread arms. Each of the Ages of the World is represented by an emblematic scene. First Age (from Adam to Noah): the expulsi... More

smycke (hängsmycke) av silver, bergskristall, bergart, Sweden

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Cow from BL Harley 4751, f. 23 - Public domain medieval manuscript

Detail of a miniature of woman milking a cow, who is licking its calf. Image taken from f. 23 of Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. Written in Latin.

avlatsbrev av pergament, Sweden

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St. Erasmus of Formiae taken prisoner

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Hengist from BL Eg 3028, f. 27 - Public domain portrait drawing

Drawing of Hengist takings refuge at Conisborough. Image taken from f. 27 of Roman de Brut, a verse epitome (begins imperfectly) with continuation to Edward III; Destruction de Rome; Fierabras. Written in French.

Charlemagne from BL Eg 3028, f. 113

Drawing of Charlemagne and Richard slaying Agolafre. Image taken from f. 113 of Roman de Brut, a verse epitome (begins imperfectly) with continuation to Edward III; Destruction de Rome; Fierabras. Written in French.

Samuel anoints David; the coronation of David

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Coronation of Henry IV from BL Royal 18 E II, f. 404

Detail of a miniature of the coronation of Henry IV of England, at the beginning of chapter 78. Image taken from f. 404 of Chroniques. Written in French.

Bishop expelling a devil from BL Royal 10 E IV, f. 242

Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a bishop expelling a devil from a church tower. Image taken from f. 242 of Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals'). Written in Latin.

Seated man taking dictation from BL Royal 10 E IV, f. 307

Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a seated man taking dictation from a woman. Image taken from f. 307 of Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals'). Written in Latin.

The Tree of Jesse: genealogical tree sprouting from Jesse's loins; the...

The Annunciation is a biblical event in which the angel Gabriel appeared to the Virgin Mary to announce that she had been chosen to give birth to Jesus, the Son of God. The event is recorded in the New Testamen... More

Plato speaks of the sacrifice to God; men and women praying and offeri...

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Virgin and Child on a Grassy Bench

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Ecce Homo, Martin Schongauer, German

Martin Schongauer (German, Colmar ca. 1435/50–1491 Breisach) Public domain scan of 14th-century print, drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Diagram from BL Sloane 3854, f. 133v

Diagram of a magic circle for summoning spirits of the air. Image taken from f. 133v of Collection of tracts on magic. Written in Latin.

Detail from BL Burn 272, f. 34v

Detail of a miniature of a farm. Image taken from f. 34v of Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues), Georgica (index Georgics), Aeneis (index Aeneid), with Argumentum and verses. Written in Latin.

Decorated initial from BL Harley 3065, f. 1

Decorated initial 'P'(auci) with stems and foliate motifs, a clasp, and a face, at the beginning of Jerome's 'Adversus Iovinianum'. Image taken from f. 1 of Adversus Iovinianum; Commentarius in Symbolum apostol... More

Counsellors explaining to King Astyages his dream of a vine growing ou...

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The fall of man: Adam and Eve eat from the Tree of Knowledge of Good a...

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The reconciliation of Jacob and Esau

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The Nativity with the Prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel

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Photo of Saint Romuald, tempera - Public domain dedication

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Priam, Hecuba, Paris and Helen from BL Royal 20 D I, f. 52v

Bas-de-page miniature of Priam and Hecuba meeting Paris and Helen. Image taken from f. 52v of Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César, part 3 of the second redaction. Written in French.

Samson breaks the pillars of the temple, killing the feasting Philisti...

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Nahum from BL Royal 19 D II, f. 397v

Detail of a miniature of Nahum standing in water. Image taken from f. 397v of Bible historiale complétée moyenne (the 'Bible Historiale of John the Good'). Written in French.

Contemplacio (Contemplation) from BL Royal 6 E VI, f. 409v

Detail of a historiated initial 'C'(ontemplacio) of a man praying before a crucifix on an altar. Image taken from f. 409v of Omne Bonum (Circumcisio-Dona Spiritui Sancti). Written in Latin.

Cyrus, king of Persia, sees a vine coming from the mouth of his sleepi...

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Richard II and Philippe de Mézières from BL Royal 20 B VI, f. 2

Detail of a miniature of Richard II enthroned and Phillipe de Mezieres holding a banner with Holy Lamb of the new crusading order, the Order of the Passion of Jesus Christ, and presenting his treatise to the k... More

Raising of Lazarus from BL Harley 3999, f. 25

Detail of a miniature of the raising of Lazarus. Image taken from f. 25 of Le trésor (ff. 1-24), Les vigiles des morts (ff. 25-65v), Sentier de Paradis (ff. 66-66v), Sensuyt ung petit traicte pour sadresser a ... More

Huwelijk van Maria, Albrecht Durer

Maria en Jozef staan hand in hand in een tempel, omringd door een groep mannen en vrouwen. De hogepriester heeft zijn handen op hun armen gelegd. Deze prent is onderdeel van een serie van 20 prenten, bestaand u... More

Antiochus IV Epiphanes has the altar of sacrifice desecrated

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Archangel Gabriel, from an Annunciation, sculpture collection Rijksmus...

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Grotesque from BL Royal 15 E IV, f. 257v

Detail of the bust of a female grotesque, wearing a headdress and a crucifix necklace, emerging from a flower, from the left margin of the folio. Image taken from f. 257v of Anciennes et nouvelles chroniques d'... More

Deaths from famine from BL Royal 15 E IV, f. 187

Detail of a miniature of deaths from famine. Image taken from f. 187 of Anciennes et nouvelles chroniques d'Angleterre, volume 1. Written in French.

Henry V and Catharine of Valois from BL Royal 20 E VI, f. 9v

Miniature of the marriage of Henry V and Catharine of Valois, inscribed with their initials, 'K de France' and 'H. Le Einglieche', with a full border containing the royal arms of England supported by a red drag... More

[Knights, some on horseback, in hand-to-hand combat]

Illus. in: [L]art de cheualerie selon Vegece. Paris, Antoine Vérard, 26 June 1488. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library... More

The Baptism of Christ from a set of The Passion

Design based on an engraving by Martin Schongauer (German, Colmar ca. 1435/50–1491 Breisach) (The Baptism of Christ)

Jan van der Straet - Map of the Western Hemisphere

Title plate to Nova Reperta, a series of engravings after drawings by Stradanus published by Galle in Antwerp. Shows Christopher Columbus pointing to a map of the Western Hemisphere. New France and Florida are ... More

Heinrich Julius, Herzog von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel

Stecher: Custos, Dominicus Public domain scan of German 17th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Standbeeld van Zeus in Olympia - A drawing of a statue surrounded by p...

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Photo of Plate with The Lover Tormented - Public domain dedication

Probably workshop of Maestro Giorgio Andreoli (Italian (Gubbio), active first half of 16th century)

Christ Carrying the Cross from a set of The Passion

Design based on a woodcut by Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471–1528 Nuremberg) , from the Small Passion

Moritz der Gelehrte, Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel

Stecher: Furck, Sebastian Stecher: Heyden, Jacob van der (1573) Public domain scan of Dutch Golden Age 15th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portrait de Aristote Stagirien, philosophe

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Hans Schaufelein - The Parable and the Sower, from Das Plenarium

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The Parable of the Banquet without Guests, from Das Plenarium

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[Title page of Pliny's Natural history, with decorative border of dolp...

Title page in: Historia naturalis / C. Plinus Secundus. Venice : J. de Spira, 1519. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 53.

Noua, et integra uniuersi orbis descriptio /

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Jorg Breu the Elder - The Four Temperaments

Jörg Breu the Elder (German, Augsburg 1480–1537 Augsburg) Public domain scan of 16th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Landscape with Windmills and Christ as Good Shepherd

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Apollo en Hyacinthus en Amor - A drawing of two men standing next to e...

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Portret van keizer Tiberius in ronde omlijsting

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De Nederlandse Leeuw reikt Willem van Oranje het zwaard om de Spaanse ...

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Drie vrouwen, gekleed volgens de Venetiaanse mode ca. 1580

Links een edelvrouw uit Venetië, veren waaier in de opgeheven rechterhand. In het midden een ongehuwde maagd, een sluier over het gezicht, ceintuur in de hand. Rechts een weduwe. Prent nr. 5 uit album 'Dei veri... More

Drie vrouwen, gekleed volgens de mode van Antwerpen, ca. 1580

Links en rechts vrouw in huis, links op de rug gezien. Prent nr. 32 uit album 'Dei veri ritratti degl'habiti di tvtte le parti del mondo intagliati in rame per opra di Bartolomeo Grassi', 1585.

Eleonore Marie Josefa, Erzherzogin von Österrech

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Adulthood (Evening) from The Four Ages of Man and Death with the Last ...

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[Siege and relief of Vienna in 1683, with portraits of Ernst Rudiger v...

Illus. in: Der Turckische Schau-Platz erofnet und ..., Hamburg, T. von Wiering, 1685. cf: Victory at Vienna: The Ottoman Siege of 1683, p. 22 and p. 23. This record contains unverified data from caption card. C... More

Karl I. Alexander, Herzog von Württemberg

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Titelprent voor de prentserie 'Balli di Sfessania'/'Dansen van Sfessan...

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Portret van Lorenzo Valla - Public domain portrait engraving

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Fleckenstein, Philipp Jakob von

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Wenceslaus Hollar - Peter Paul Rubens (Petrus Paulus Rubenius)

Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London) Public domain photograph of 17th century Dutch drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pieter Tanje - Wapenschild van Stephanus Laurentius Neale

De wapenschilden van Stephanus Laurentius Neale, koffieplanter te Suriname, geflankeerd door Minerva, als godin van de kunst, en de Handel, die de spiegel van voorzichtigheid en een zak met geld in de handen ho... More

Zamoyski, Jan Savius - Public domain portrait engraving

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Te Lissabon wordt de Spaanse staatsman Miguel de Vasconcelos in zijn p...

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Vechtende boeren - Public domain portrait drawing

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Onthoofding van Johannes de Doper

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Galahad from BL Royal 14 E III, f. 91

Detail of a miniature of Galahad withdrawing a sword from a floating marble block, while a mounted young woman arrives to question Lancelot. Image taken from f. 91 of Estoire del Saint Graal, La Queste del Sain... More

Vue de Santuliet, village de Hollande

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Moritz der Gelehrte, Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel

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Tijdens de opstand verjaagt het volk de katholieke geestelijkheid

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Eigentlicher Abriss auch Waarhafftiger Bericht wie es mit Eroberung de...

Engraving shows the fortified city of Magdeburg, Germany under attack in 1631. Smoke and flames are seen in parts of the city. Also shown are locations of additional fortifications and locations of troops on th... More

Albert Flamen - Aquaduct te Arcueil

Een gezicht op de rivier de Bievre met op beide oevers muren van het oude Romeinse aquaduct. Aan de waterkant twee mannen en een hond. Op de achtergrond hoge bomen.

Fortitudo - Public domain portrait print

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Saints Peter and John Healing the Lame Man

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Planisphaerium Ptolemaicum siue machina orbium mundi ex hypothesi Ptol...

While most of the maps in this exhibit depict just the Earth -- reflecting mankind's perception of his immediate and perceived environment -- very few address the planet's position in the larger universe. Howev... More

Portrait of Willem III (1650-1702), Prince of Orange and since 1689, K...

Portret van Willem III, prins van Oranje en sinds 1689 koning van Engeland. Kniestuk, staand in wapenrusting, met commandostaf in de rechterhand, de linkerhand in de zij. Rechts op een tafel ligt zijn helm met pluimen.

[Street scene in İzmir, Turkey]

Illus. in: Thesaurus exoticurum / Everhardo Gvernero Happelio. Hamburg : T. von Wiering ..., 1688, section 2, p. 205.

Het Hof van Zeeland te Middelburg

Gezicht op het Hof van Zeeland te Middelburg. Het Hof van Zeeland zetelde in de gebouwen van de voormalige abdij aan het Abdijplein. Op de achtergrond de abdijtoren (Lange Jan), de Nieuwe Kerk en de Koorkerk. O... More

Anna, Erzherzogin von Österreich

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Slave shackle - Dutch East Indies

The shackling of slaves occurred mostly when they had to be moved, but slaves could also be put in irons by their owners or foremen as punishment or to prevent their escape. This slave shackle, of which only a ... More

Embroidery. Museum of New Zealand collection

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Woman with a rose (one of a set)

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Margarete, Erzherzogin von Österreich

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Margarete, Erzherzogin von Österreich (1584-1611)

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Chinese Cicada, 18th century - Public domain photo of museum object

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The Meeting of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, with the Four Elem...

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[Santorio Santorio seated in weighing chair in front of table, part of...

Frontispiece and title page in: De statica medicina aphorismorum / Santorio Santorio. Lungduni Batavorum : Apud C. Boutesteyn, 1703. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. :... More