Historical Manuscripts and Illustrations

A collection of intricate historical manuscripts featuring decorative initials, biblical scenes, and artistic flourishes, showcasing medieval techniques and themes.

Display of the Christogen (Diest), 1561, 1561 - 1562 Scene from the play of the Christ's eyes, Rederijkerskamer in Diest. Bacchus, the three graces and Venus. For the land jewel of Antwerp in 1561. Antwerp paper Antwerp Scene from the play of the Christ's eyes, Rederijkerskamer in Diest. Bacchus, the three graces and Venus. For the land jewel of Antwerp in 1561. Antwerp paper Antwerp

Initial letters OPQR from Jean de Sy's illuminated Bible for King Jean II of France, Jean le Bon, and elements and monsters from the Psalter of Jean de Berry, 14th century. Bibl. Nat. Francais 15397, Bibl. Nat. Franc. 13091. Chromolithograph designed and lithographed by Ernst Guillot from his Ornementation des Manuscrits au Moyen-Age (Ornamentation from Manuscripts of the Middle Ages), Paris, 1897.

The Destruction of Tyros. Unknown

Shameful, Christoph Krieger, After Cesare Vecellio, 1598 paper paper

La operina di Ludouico Vicentino, da imparare di scriuere littera cancellarescha. Arrighi, Ludovico degli, Woodblock, 1522-1523

In this colored woodcut from 1488 by Peter Berger, Saint Eulogius is depicted. The print illustrates the saint's life and deeds, characteristic of medieval religious narratives.

Emilia-Romagna Ferrara Ferrara Museo Civico di Schifanoia57. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 General Notes: INCOMPLETE RECORD--NEGATIVES PROCESSED, PRINTS FILED German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

King Baudouin II of Jerusalem, Michel Wolgemut (workshop of), 1493 print A flower chalice with a king. He has a government apple and a scepter in his hands. The man identifies the man as Boudewijn II of Jerusalem. The print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing king

Mechanical Sketches Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519/Italian) Drawing

A reclining male figure and two vases, including an amphora, and text, Epitaphiorum liber, Giovio, Benedetto, 1471-1545, Brown ink on paper, ca. 1521

Jacob Wrestles with the Angel. Jost Amman (Switzerland, Zurich, active Germany, 1539-1591). Germany, 16th century. Prints; woodcuts. Hand-colored woodcut

Coat of arms of unknown owner.. 1400 - 1499. Religious books, Manuscripts. Manuscripts and Archives Division. Coats of arms , 1400-1499

Woodcut by Albrecht Dürer from 1515 depicting the canonization of St. Leopold and Maximilian I as a hunter at the honorary gate, showing detailed figures and narrative composition.

Songs of Innocence and of Experience: A Cradle Song. Artist: William Blake (British, London 1757-1827 London). Dimensions: sheet: 6 3/16 x 5 9/16 in. (15.7 x 14.1 cm). Date: ca. 1825. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Aiming Points on the Body. Date/Period: Ca. 1410. Folio. Tempera colors, gold leaf, silver leaf, and ink on parchment. Height: 279 mm (10.98 in); Width: 206 mm (8.11 in). Author: Fiore Furlan dei Liberi da Premariacco.

Lazio Roma Rome S. Paolo93. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture fragments, tomb sculpture fragments, sculptural fragments, inscribed tomb markers, sculpture, fresco painting, mosaics Specific Location: Basilica Antiquities: Architectural sculpture fragments, tomb sculpture fragments, sculpture fragments General Notes: the "tomb markers" need to be sorted and catalogued German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Argo Navis. Mythological interpretation of the constellation of the Southern Hemisphere, represented by the ship Argo, used by Jason and the Argonauts to retrieve the Golden Fleece. Engraving in Poeticon Astronomicon, by Gaius Julius Hyginus (ca.64 BC-17 AD). Edited in Venice, 1485. Incunable.

Abruzzo L'Aquila Celano Museum15. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Manuscripts: Miniature nella Marsica; Trasacco - Antifonario; Tagliacozzo - Messale; Avezzano - L'Ecultet Metalwork--processional crosses Post-medieval: Vestments, metalwork, painting, frescoes, sculpture German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Gart der gesuntheit - Ortus sanitatis (Herbarius) March 28, 1485 Peter Schöffer the Elder German. Gart der gesuntheit - Ortus sanitatis (Herbarius) 343820

Citizens, Christoph Krieger, After Cesare Vecellio, 1598 paper paper

Seeing the fingers, anonymous, 1550 - 1560 print Love couple in the garden watched by old woman who looks through her fingers, with each figure a cartouche with text. Among the image three columns text in Dutch. print maker: Low Countriespublisher: Kampen paper (lovers) kissing each other. spying on someone

Illustrations from Missale secundum ritum et ordinem sacri ordinis Praemonstratensis, plate 73 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century. Unknown Artist (French, 16th century); assembled by Max Geisberg (Swiss, 1875-1943). Date: 1578. Dimensions: 43 × 67 mm (image, left); 42 × 43 mm (image, right); 290 × 183 mm (images/te×t); 341 × 231 mm (sheet). Woodcut on paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Woodcut, Anatomical Fugitive Sheet, c.1540

Palamdes Freeing Brangain; Paris, France; about 1320 - 1340; Tempera colors, gold paint, and silver and gold leaf on parchment; Leaf: 39.4 x 29.8 cm (15 1,2 x 11 3,4 in.)

Decorated Initial T with Flower from a Manuscript 1300-1500 Europe. Manuscript cutting in tempera, colored inks, and silver leaf, with Latin inscriptions in brownish black and red inks, ruled in red, on vellum .

Hermes and the craftsmen; Zeus and modesty., 1480, Florence

Lea; Lya Pa R Filia Laba N; Liber chronicarum. A flower celk with a woman, to the left and loosened with the hair. The show is a fragment of the family tree of Christ in the Liber Chronicarum. The text identifies her as a Lea, daughter of Laban. The print is part of an album.

Seneca Murdered in His Bathtub; Nero Cuts Open His Mother's Belly.

The scholar, Periander in his library with printed text. Reproduction after a woodcut, 1488-89.

The Great Triumphal Chariot of the Emperor Maximilian I Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528). The Great Triumphal Chariot of the Emperor Maximilian I, 1522, begun 1518. Woodcut from eight blocks on eight sheets of laid paper, 16 x 95 in. (40.5 x 241.3 cm). Albrecht Dürer revolutionized the techniques of woodcut and engraving, and was the first artist to achieve fame through his work as a printmaker. In 1512 the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, who recognized how useful the new medium of printmaking would be for spreading his fame and burnishing his image, commissioned Dürer to create in his honor a gigantic, multipart woodcut inspired by imperial processions of antiquity. The emperor died before the ambitious work was completed, but the entrepreneurial Dürer published the last eight-block section of the procession as a tribute to him. Maximilian is depicted as a latter-day Roman emperor, riding in an elaborate chariot whose four wheels express in Latin his renown (gloria), dignity (dign

Marcus Lepidus en fifth Cub, Michel Wolgemut (Workshop of), 1493 print Two flower skins with a man. The performance is part of the list of Roman consuls in the Liber Chronicarum. The text identifies the men as Marcus Aemilius Lepidus and Quintus Lutatius Catulus. The print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing male persons from classical history

Abruzzo L'Aquila Celano Museum30. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Manuscripts: Miniature nella Marsica; Trasacco - Antifonario; Tagliacozzo - Messale; Avezzano - L'Ecultet Metalwork--processional crosses Post-medieval: Vestments, metalwork, painting, frescoes, sculpture German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Hours of Queen Isabella the Catholic, Queen of Spain: Fol. 201v, c. 1500. Master of the First Prayerbook of Maximillian (Flemish, c. 1444-1519), and Associates. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; codex: 22.5 x 15.2 cm (8 7/8 x 6 in.).

Julian Cesarini, Michel Wolgemut (Workshop of), 1493 print A flower chalice with a cardinal. He wears a Galero on his head and a book in his hands. The text identifies him as Julian Cesarini. The print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing cardinal

The Battle between Pompeius and Tigranes; Ghent, Belgium; about 1475; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and gold paint on parchment; Leaf: 43.8 x 30.5 cm (17 1,4 x 12 in.)

Canterbury Tales: The Shipman's Tale (Ellesmere Chaucer), ca. 1400, Artist Unknown, Illuminated manuscript, The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California, USA

Tuscany Siena Montalcino Museo Civico53. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Entire manuscript. Manuscripts. Post-medieval: Sculpture and ceramics from local workshops (2nd half 12th century; Sienese maiolica; 14th century weapons German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

The Kelmscott Chaucer - The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer Now Newly Imprinted, 1896

The Murder of Pharaoh's Son. Unknown

Moses before Pharaoh and Thermutis; Ghent, Belgium; about 1475; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and gold paint on parchment; Leaf: 43.8 x 30.5 cm (17 1,4 x 12 in.)

Abruzzo L'Aquila Celano Museum53. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Manuscripts: Miniature nella Marsica; Trasacco - Antifonario; Tagliacozzo - Messale; Avezzano - L'Ecultet Metalwork--processional crosses Post-medieval: Vestments, metalwork, painting, frescoes, sculpture German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Abruzzo L'Aquila Celano Museum81. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Manuscripts: Miniature nella Marsica; Trasacco - Antifonario; Tagliacozzo - Messale; Avezzano - L'Ecultet Metalwork--processional crosses Post-medieval: Vestments, metalwork, painting, frescoes, sculpture German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Job by workshop of Jean Fouquet, watercolor on parchment, 1450-1499, USA, New York, Morgan Library & Museum, 16,2x10,6

The Six Predecessors of Julius Caesar. Unknown

Ey kids sees Dees Tamboers soon to hit the trom / zy at the trom on the trom. Very broken / see the Mars. Leaf with 2 representations of Tamboers. The whole is caught in a decorative frame with tendrils, animals and flowers. Numbered at the top right: 7.

Album # 2; Detail of stained glass border has decorative patterns, blue and red background Gsell-Laurent workshop. Album # 2; Stained glass edge detail with decorative patterns, blue and red background. Chromolithography.

Manuscript Leaf with Entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday in an Initial D, from a Gradual. Artist: Bartolomeo di Domenico di Guido (Italian, 1430-1521). Culture: Italian. Dimensions: Overall: 28 1/4 x 19 15/16 in. (71.7 x 50.7 cm)Illumination: 8 7/16 x 8 7/16 in. (21.5 x 21.5 cm)Mat size: 37 x 28 1/8 in. (94 x 71.5 cm)Mat Window: 27 3/8 x 18 15/16 in. (69.6 x 48.1 cm). Date: 15th-16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Newly married noble lady from Florence, Christoph Krieger, After Cesare Vecellio, 1598 Newly married noble lady in Florence in a covered of gold or silver brocade silk, just above the foot, fixed at the front with golden 'hooks and eyes', with open sleeves. Below an under dressing with 'Faldiglie' (Fardegalijn). Gloves in hand. paper Newly married noble lady in Florence in a covered of gold or silver brocade silk, just above the foot, fixed at the front with golden 'hooks and eyes', with open sleeves. Below an under dressing with 'Faldiglie' (Fardegalijn). Gloves in hand. paper

COMENTARIOS DEL APOCALIPSIS-PAGINA ILUMINADA-PROCEDE DE SAN PEDRO CARDEÑA. Author: BEATO DE LIEBANA. Location: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Design for a certificate of citizenship, awarded by the city of Vienna. Artist: Erwin Puchinger (Austrian, Vienna 1875-1944 Vienna). Dimensions: Sheet .1: 15 7/8 × 19 13/16 in. (40.4 × 50.3 cm)Sheet .2: 12 1/8 × 9 13/16 in. (30.8 × 25 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Abruzzo L'Aquila Celano Museum12. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Manuscripts: Miniature nella Marsica; Trasacco - Antifonario; Tagliacozzo - Messale; Avezzano - L'Ecultet Metalwork--processional crosses Post-medieval: Vestments, metalwork, painting, frescoes, sculpture German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Fraktur. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 42 x 51.2 cm (16 9/16 x 20 3/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Richard Barnett.

Les Singuliers et Nouveaux Portraicts... page 71 (recto) 1588 Federico de Vinciolo Italian Designed by Federic de Vinciolo, published by Jean Le Clerc, Paris, bound by Chambolle-Duru, French, 19th century.From top to bottom, and left to right:Design is printed upon a grid and illustrates Bacchus who sits on a barrel and holds carafe. He is surrounded by grape vines.. Les Singuliers et Nouveaux Portraicts... page 71 (recto) 358422

Il Modo de temperare le Penne... Artist: Eustachio Celebrino (Italian, active 16th century). Author: Ludovico Arrighi (Italian, 16th century). Dimensions: 8 1/4 x 5 7/8 x 5/8 in. (21 x 15 x 1.6 cm). Publisher: Vicentino & Celebrino , Venetia. Date: 1523. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, now Newly Imprinted, 1896, William Morris; Author: Geoffrey Chaucer; Illustrator: Edward Coley Burne-Jones; Engraver: Wood engravings by William Harcourt Hooper; Editor: Frederick S. Ellis; Printer: William Morris at Kelmscott Press, Hammersmith, England; Publisher: Kelmscott Press, Hammersmith, England, British, 1834 - 1896, 17 x 12 x 2 5/8 in. (43.18 x 30.48 x 6.67 cm) (closed), Wood engravings, letterpress in black and red ink; bound volume, England, 19th century

Kidney Bean, Poppy Anemone, and Adder.

Book of Hours (French), Mid-15th C., Workshop of the Bedford Master (15th C. French), The Huntington - San Marino, California

Des Circkels unnd Richtscheyts, auch der Perspectiva und Proportion der Menschen und Rosse, kurtze, doch gründtliche underweisung deß rechten gebrauchs. Artist: Heinrich Lautensack. Dimensions: Overall: 11 3/4 x 8 1/4 x 1/2 in. (29.9 x 21 x 1.3 cm). Printer: Printed by Georg Rab (German, 1561-1580). Publisher: Published by Sigmund Feyerabend and Heinrich Lautensack (German). Date: 1564. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Accursius, Michel Wolgemut (workshop of), 1493 print A flower chalice with a monk. The text identifies the man as an Accursius, Italian lawyer. The print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing

Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, Michel Wolgemut (workshop of), 1493 print A flower chalice with a man. He wears a hat. The text identifies it as Scipio Africanus. The print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing male persons from classical history. writer, poet, author

Giannizzero Solato, Christoph Krieger, After Cesare Vecellio, 1598 paper paper

Sea holly, Eryngium minus, and hog's fennel, Peucedanum officinale. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557. This from a 17th century pirate edition or atlas of illustrations only, with captions in Latin, Greek, French, Italian, German, and in English manuscript.

Single Leaf Excised from a Gospel Book: The Nativity (recto) and St. Matthew (verso), c. 1190. Germany, Helmarshausen Abbey, 12th century. Ink, tempera, silver, and gold on vellum; sheet: 34.6 x 23.4 cm (13 5/8 x 9 3/16 in.); framed: 52.4 x 39.7 cm (20 5/8 x 15 5/8 in.); matted: 48.9 x 36.2 cm (19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in.). This leaf comes from a volume that is preserved in the Trier Cathedral Library in Germany (Codex 142).

Emilia-Romagna Ferrara Ferrara Museo Civico di Schifanoia67. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 General Notes: INCOMPLETE RECORD--NEGATIVES PROCESSED, PRINTS FILED German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist. Unknown

LAPIDARIO MANDADO HACER POR ALFONSO X-S XIII. Author: ALFONSO X EL SABIO (1221-1284). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

Leonardo Bruni, Michel Wolgemut (workshop of), 1493 print A flower chalice with a man. He has a document with stamps in his hands. The text identifies him as Leonardo Bruni (also called Leonardo Aretino). The print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing

Emilia-Romagna Ferrara Pieve di Cento Pinacoteca Civica54. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Antiphonaries. Post-medieval: Paintings on canvas German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Mandrake supposed to cure every wound, from manuscript Herbal, from Trento, 14h century

Emilia-Romagna Ferrara Pieve di Cento Pinacoteca Civica55. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Antiphonaries. Post-medieval: Paintings on canvas German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Joseph and Aseneth; Ghent, Belgium; about 1475; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and gold paint on parchment; Leaf: 43.8 x 30.5 cm (17 1,4 x 12 in.)

Illustration from Thierbuch , plate 42 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century 1563 Switzerland. Woodcut on paper . Hans Asper

Farao Bochoris, Michel Wolgemut (workshop of), 1493 print A flower challenge in which a king with a sword, to the left. The show is part of the sequence of Egyptian pharaohs in the Liber Chronicarum. The text identifies him as a pharaoh bochoris. The print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing king

Page from a codex. Drawing of a horse-shaped structure. Ordered by Sforzza. 1490. Madrid, National Library. Author: LEONARDO DA VINCI. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

St Anthony the Abbot, by Lippi Filippino, Benedetto da Maiano, 1482 - 1483, 15th Century, wood carved and polychromed with tempera, full relief. Italy, Tuscany, Lucca, Villa Guinigi National Museum. Detail. Habit hand open book polychrome wood.

Chess Problem; Northern France, France; late 14th century; Tempera colors and gold leaf on parchment; Leaf: 24.8 x 16.8 cm (9 3,4 x 6 5,8 in.)

Senna, Senna alexandrina, and bladder senna, Colutea arborescens. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557. This from a 17th century pirate edition or atlas of illustrations only, with captions in Latin, Greek, French, Italian, German, and in English manuscript.

Gart of health. ED: Johann von Cube

Colored woodcut by Thomas Ochsenbrunner depicting Livius Saner, created in 1494.

Design elements, garlands and foliage patterns from the 16th century. Tomb in the Church of Saint-Just at Narbonne, Chateau dOzay-le-Rideau, Evreux Cathedral, Limoges Cathedral, and Rodez Cathedral. Chromolithograph designed and lithographed by Ernst Guillot from Elements d'Ornementation du XVIe Siecle, Elements of Ornament of the 16th century, Renouard, Paris, 1890.

Spring Snowflake, Tree Frog, Wallflower, and Marine Mollusk.

Design for a title page for: Onder Neerlands Vlag, 1899, Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1899 print Under the title The text: 'With benevolent cooperation of Dutch writers and artists'. This print is part of a folding leaf. Amsterdam paper. watercolor (paint). pencil foliage, tendrils, branches ~ ornament - AA - stylized

Museum of sacred art, Norman Cathedral of Santissimo Salvatore, Cefalu with picturesque old town, Cefalu, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Spring snowflake, Leucojum vernum, and daffodil, Narcissus poeticus. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557. This from a 17th century pirate edition or atlas of illustrations only, with captions in Latin, Greek, French, Italian, German, and in English manuscript.

Coats of arms of the Kingdoms of Bohemia with lion rampant, Norway with lion holding a Danish axe, and Ireland with a king on a throne holding a sceptre. Royaumes: Boheme, Nordvegve, Hirlande. Handcoloured woodblock engraving from Hierosme de Baras Le Blason des Armoiries, Chez Rolet Boutonne, Paris, 1628.

Nebuchadnezzar and King Sedekias and the Destruction of Jerusalem; Ghent, Belgium; about 1475; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and gold paint on parchment; Leaf: 43.8 x 30.5 cm (17 1,4 x 12 in.)

The Crowning with Thorns; Ghent, Belgium; about 1475; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and gold paint on parchment; Leaf: 43.8 x 30.5 cm (17 1,4 x 12 in.)

The Six Predecessors of Julius Caesar; Ghent, Belgium; about 1475; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and gold paint on parchment; Leaf: 43.8 x 30.5 cm (17 1,4 x 12 in.)

Spineless butcher's-broom, Ruscus hypoglossum, and spurge laurel, Daphne laureola. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557. This from a 17th century pirate edition or atlas of illustrations only, with captions in Latin, Greek, French, Italian, German, and in English manuscript.

Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul: Combined Title Page ca. 1825 William Blake British. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul: Combined Title Page 347832

Medicine Manuscript / Illumin. / c.1400

The Repentance of Aseneth; Ghent, Belgium; about 1475; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and gold paint on parchment; Leaf: 43.8 x 30.5 cm (17 1,4 x 12 in.)

The Fall of the Idols of Heliopolis; Ghent, Belgium; about 1475; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and gold paint on parchment; Leaf: 43.8 x 30.5 cm (17 1,4 x 12 in.)

Detail of a statue depicting St Louis's sister in law Marguerite de Bourgogne, founder of the Hotel Dieu hospital and chuch France.

Lamorat and Tristan Fighting; Paris, France; about 1320 - 1340; Tempera colors, gold paint, and silver and gold leaf on parchment; Leaf: 39.4 x 29.8 cm (15 1,2 x 11 3,4 in.)

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