Chinese Deed of Land Purchase
Accession Number: 18.92.1 Six Dynasties (220–589)
Stele with Pure Land Imagery
Tang dynasty (618–907)
Land of the Tartars from BL Harley 3954, f. 24v
Detail of a coloured drawing of hardship and horrors in the land of the Tartars. Image taken from f. 24v of Travels (index Voyage d'Outre Mer, Itinerarium). Written in English.
Saladin ravaging the Holy Land from BL YT 12, f. 161
Historiated initial 'B'(uymonz) of Saladin's mounted soldiers forcing captives and livestock from the burning city. Image taken from f. 161 of Histoire d'Outremer, continued to 1232. Written in French.
Diagrams of the Holy Land from BL Add 26878, f. 205
Diagrams of the Holy Land, at Numbers 34. Image taken from f. 205 of Pentateuch with Targum Onkelos and Rashi's commentary (ff. 1-272), Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~; ff. 273-311v) and ~Haftarot~(ff. 312-381)... More
Saladin ravaging the Holy Land from BL YT 12, f. 161
Detail of an historiated initial 'B'(uymonz) of Saladin's mounted soldiers forcing captives and livestock from the burning city. Image taken from f. 161 of Histoire d'Outremer, continued to 1232. Written in French.
Diagrams of the Holy Land from BL Add 26878, f. 205
Detail: diagrams of the Holy Land, at Numbers 34. Image taken from f. 205 of Pentateuch with Targum Onkelos and Rashi's commentary (ff. 1-272), Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~; ff. 273-311v) and ~Haftarot~(ff. ... More
Holy Land from BL Eg 872, f. 199
Diagram of the Holy Land. Image taken from f. 199 of Commentary on the Pentateuch with the ~Haftarot~ (ff. 1-240) on the Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~; ff. 240v-270), and on the ~Haftarot~ for festivals (ff.... More
Holy Land from BL Eg 872, f. 198v
Diagram of the Holy Land. Image taken from f. 198v of Commentary on the Pentateuch with the ~Haftarot~ (ff. 1-240) on the Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~; ff. 240v-270), and on the ~Haftarot~ for festivals (ff... More
The Bridegroom Showing the Bride His Land, from a Canticum Canticorum...
Anonymous, Netherlandish, 15th century
La Peregrination en Terre Sainte (Pilgrimage to the Holy Land)
Translated by Nicolas Le Huen (active 15th century)
Die neuwen Inseln, so hinder Hispanien gegen Orient bey dem land India...
Relief shown pictorially. South America labeled in German, geographic features otherwise in Latin. Appears in the author's Cosmographei. Basel, Switzerland. 1550. Available also through the Library of Congress ... More
![[Title page of A briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia, with five Indians posed in architectural border]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE1OTAvMDEvMDEvdGl0bGUtcGFnZS1vZi1hLWJyaWVmZS1hbmQtdHJ1ZS1yZXBvcnQtb2YtdGhlLW5ldy1mb3VuZC1sYW5kLW9mLXZpcmdpbmlhLXdpdGgtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/58/webp "[Title page of A briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia, with five Indians posed in architectural border]")
[Title page of A briefe and true report of the new found land of Virgi...
Engraving by Theodor de Bry. Illus. in: A briefe and true report..., Francoforti ad Moenvm : Typus I. Wecheli, sumtibus ver T. de Bry, 1590. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, o... More
Johann ohne Land, König von England
1601 / 1750
Johann ohne Land, König von England
1601 / 1750
Johann ohne Land, König von England
1601 / 1750
Delaware Indians, no date, Extract of Land Claims
Extract of Land Claims
Plate 29: Civilis Floods the Land by Defensively Breaking the Dikes, f...
Antonio Tempesta (Italian, Florence 1555–1630 Rome)
Aftermath of the Flood: human bodies strewn on dry land in the foregro...
Crispijn de Passe the Elder (Netherlandish, Arnemuiden 1564–1637 Utrecht)
Caerte vande Bay St. Tiago : gelegen op 't Eylant Cvba, op de Hoochtv ...
Relief shown pictorially and by gradient tints. Shows Santiago Bay and vicinity on the island of Cuba including pictorial presentation of the city of Santiago. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Attributed to Joan Vin... More
![[Explorers working on land, houses in the distance, two boats on a river]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE2NDYvMDEvMDEvZXhwbG9yZXJzLXdvcmtpbmctb24tbGFuZC1ob3VzZXMtaW4tdGhlLWRpc3RhbmNlLXR3by1ib2F0cy1vbi1hLXJpdmVyLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/29/webp "[Explorers working on land, houses in the distance, two boats on a river]")
[Explorers working on land, houses in the distance, two boats on a ri...
Plate 4. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Illus. in: Bontekoe, Willem Ysbrandsz. Ovrnael ofte gedenckwaerdige beschrijvinghe vande Oost-Indische reyse..., Hoorn : Ghedruckt by I. Wil... More
![Francesco I d'Este Secures the Fort and the Land to Protect from the German Troops, from L'Idea di un Principe ed Eroe Cristiano in Francesco I d'Este, di Modena e Reggio Duca VIII [...]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn21/L3Bob3RvLzE2NTkvMDEvMDEvZnJhbmNlc2NvLWktZGVzdGUtc2VjdXJlcy10aGUtZm9ydC1hbmQtdGhlLWxhbmQtdG8tcHJvdGVjdC1mcm9tLXRoZS1nZXJtYW4tMTZjYjAzLTEwMjQuanBn/40/30/webp "Francesco I d'Este Secures the Fort and the Land to Protect from the German Troops, from L'Idea di un Principe ed Eroe Cristiano in Francesco I d'Este, di Modena e Reggio Duca VIII [...]")
![Francesco I d'Este Secures the Fort and the Land to Protect from the German Troops, from L'Idea di un Principe ed Eroe Cristiano in Francesco I d'Este, di Modena e Reggio Duca VIII [...]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn2/L3Bob3RvLzE2NTkvMDEvMDEvZnJhbmNlc2NvLWktZGFuZDM5ZXN0ZS1zZWN1cmVzLXRoZS1mb3J0LWFuZC10aGUtbGFuZC10by1wcm90ZWN0LWZyb20tdGhlLWdlcm1hbi02Mzc0NDEtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/30/webp "Francesco I d'Este Secures the Fort and the Land to Protect from the German Troops, from L'Idea di un Principe ed Eroe Cristiano in Francesco I d'Este, di Modena e Reggio Duca VIII [...]")
