Knighthood and Historical Events

Engravings and illustrations depicting ceremonial events and historical figures, characterized by rich colors and detailed attire reflective of their time.

Charles III 'the Simple' makes peace with the Normans, but Roll, their chief, refuses to kneel, instead he raises Charles' foot to kiss it, tipping him onto the ground Date: circa 920

The ceremony of dubbing a knight. Engraving. (Later colouration). Iconographic Enclyclopaedia of science, Literature and Art. 19th century. Author: HENRY WINKLES. Johan George Heck.

The Dalai Lama escaping the English. c.1904. Paris, private collection. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. France.

Wamba (died 687). Visigothic king of Hispania and Septimania from 672 to 680. Wamba is alected the King. Colored engraving.

History. Indian. Rajah of Cutch and his vassals (English East Indies). Engraving. (Later colouration). Iconographic Enclyclopaedia of science, Literature and Art. 19th century. Author: HENRY WINKLES. Johan George Heck.

500th anniversary of Jan Hus. Jan Hus on the pile.. Seriakoff, Ławrentij Awksentowicz (1824-1881), graphic artist, Mikešin, Michail Osipovič (1835-1896), draughtsman, cartoonist

Olaf II converts the people of Gudbrandsdalen by showing them that their god Thor was powerless.

National boys, plate ll, 1530 - 1536 print National boys, plate ll. Procession of Karel V with the Pope Clemens VII in Bologna after his coronation to Keizer, 24 February 1530. Mechelen paper etching festivities (+ parade, pageant, cavalcade ~ festive activities) Bologna

Charles III 'the Simple' makes peace with the Normans, but Roll, their chief, refuses to kneel, instead he raises Charles' foot to kiss it, tipping him onto the ground Date: circa 920

Richard II and the Appeal of Treason

Olaf Tryggvason (960s - 1000) was King of Norway from 995 to 1000. He was the great-grandson of Harald Fairhair, first King of Norway. Olaf played an important part in the often forcible conversion of the Norse to Christianity. he became King of Norway in 995

Front horses of the procession, Anonymous, Hans Schäufelein, 1537 - 1551 print paper Triummphal Entry and Public Reception, pageant, 'solemn entrance', 'Joyeuse entrance'

INTERVIEW BETWEEN BECKET AND KING HENRY

King Louis IX before Damietta during his first crusade in 1249

Saxons submitting to Charlemagne (748-814) 777. 19th century lithograph.

The king of Persia sitting on a horse with his entourage of officers, bodyguards, footmen and executioners around him. Gouache painting by an Persian artist.

Queen Elizabeth I's accession to the throne is marked by rejoicing among the people. Here petals are strewn in front of her horse Date: 1558

'Queen Philippa Pleads for the Men of Calais', c1907. Artist: Unknown.

Picture series Development of men's clothing, the Crusaders install Alexius as co-emperor of Byzantium, 1203, digitally restored reproduction of a collective picture from c. 1900, in the public domain, exact date unknown

Pyrrhus Receiving the Honor of Knighthood, Costume & Decorations of the Middle Ages

Crusades. Meeting between Philippe August and Henry II in Gisors (January 21, 1188). After and original painting by Gillot Saint-Evre (1839). Engraving. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia).

Ferdinand III (c.1201-1252), called Ferdinand the Saint. King of Castile and Leon. Surrender of Seville. Ferdinand III triumphal entry into the city. Engraving, 19th century. Colored.

Photo collection Government information service. Joris van Spilbergen meets King Wimala Dharma Suriya from Kandy, Ceylon. 1602. Ceylon, Sri Lanka

Masquerade by students from Leiden Hogeschool, 1840 (plate 10); De Intogt van Hertog Jan van Beijeren inside Leijden, on the 18th August 1420, in Masquerade suggested by H.H. Students of Leydsche Hoogeschool, on the 8th February 1840.Historic costumed procession of the students of the Hogeschool van Leiden on 8 February 1840. The procession depicts the arrival of Duke Jan van Bavaria on 18 August 1420. Tenth plate in a series of Nineteen unnumbered plates, with the groups numbered 62-70.

Richard I of England , known as Richard the Lionheart (1157-1199). King of England (1189-1199). Crusader forces praying before going into battle. Gustave Dore engraving.

First Crusade. Siege of Antioch. 1097-1098. Battle of Antioch. Engraving by Gustave Dore. 19th century. Color.

The surrender of Imam Shamil in 1859 during the Russian Conquest of Chechnya and Dagestan. Imam Shamil, 1797 - 1871. Political, military, and spiritual leader of Caucasian resistance to Imperial Rus

Godfrey of Bouillon (1060-1100). Military leader during the First Crusade. First ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem (1099-1100), choosing for his mandate the title of "Defender of the Holy Sepulchre". Chromolithography. "Historia Universal" (Universal History), by César Cantú. Volume V. Published in Barcelona, 1884.

The Jamia al-tawarikh, ('Compendium of Chronicles') or Universal History is an Iranian work of literature and history written by Rashid-al-Din Hamadani at the start of the 14th century.

This etching by Nikolaus Hogenberg depicts the triumphal procession of Emperor Charles V and Pope Clemens VII after the imperial coronation in Bologna on February 24, 1530, with figures and ceremonial gestures.

Historia de España. Entrada triunfal de Abderramán I (731-788), príncipe de la dinastía omeya, en Sevilla en el año 756.

Old Moroccan traditional costumes, a caravan. Morocco. Africa. A few days in Morocco by Schickler Fernand David Georges de Schickler. Old 19th century engraving from Le Tour du Monde 1860

Madonna and Child, Gaddi, Taddeo, 1355.

Vasco de Gama's arrival at the Samudrin von Calicut, Kozhikode, state of Kerala in India, 20 May 1498

Procession nrs 5-18, 1840 print Procession nrs 5-18: Councilors and aldermen of Leiden. Part of the press series of the Maskerade of the entry of Hertog Jan van Beieren in Leiden on August 18, 1420 by the Leiden students on February 8, 1840. Netherlands paper Triummphal Entry and Public Reception, pageant, 'solemn entrance', 'Joyeuse entrance'. Students' Pageant To lead. university of Leiden

David confronts Goliath. From The Holy Bible published by William Collins, Sons, & Company in 1869. Chromolithograph by J.M. Kronheim & Co.

'The Legend of Saint Romuald', 16th century. Artist: Anon

Tourments in honor of the entry of queen isabel of Bavaria (1370-1435) in Paris, France, 1389.

Saint Hermenegild (564-586). Visigoth prince. Death of St Hermenegild. Coloured engraving in Glories of Spain.

The Genoese citizens imploring to be pardoned by Louis XII, miniature by Jean Bourdichon from the Voyage to Genoa manuscript, 1507, by Jean Marot, folio 0 verso.

Night on the Eve of Ivan Kupala by Lebedev, Klavdi Vasilyevich (1852-1916)/ State Art Museum, Stavropol/ 1902/ Russia/ Oil on canvas/ Russian Painting, End of 19th - Early 20th cen./ 41,1x38/ Genre

Trouble in Peking, Boxer Rebellion, China, May 1900. The Boxer Uprising or Boxer Rebellion was a Chinese rebellion from November 1899 to September 7, 1901 against foreign influence in trade, politics, religion and technology in China during the final years of the Qing Dynasty. French trading card advertising Chocolat-Louit. The artist is unknown.

The Feast of Saint Anthony of Florida 1890 Madrid. Popular verbena, Andalusian buggy and paella, Spain. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1890

So the ox was led around in Presburg, the hung, Coronation on November th was fried , Coronation of Leopold II, To King of Hungary on November , This was how the ox was led around in Pressburg, which was fried during the crowning glory house

Execution for Heresy at the Council of Constance: Jan Hus On His Way to be Burnt at the Stake, 1415 15th C. Artist Unknown Illuminated manuscript

CONQUISTA DEL THIBET-ENTREVISTA DE OFICIAL INGLES CON LOS TIBETANOS-1904. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION, FRANCE.

Bangkok, Thailand, Ancient fresco depicting demons and a war elephant going to battle, Ramakien Gallery, Wat Phra Kaew, Grand Palace, Temple of the Emerald Buddha

Death of the Franciscan missionaries, dismembered and devoured by Caribbean Indians to whom they had attempted to evangelise in 1516. Engraving, 1850. Color.

Attempted suicide in captivity by Samori Toure, c. 1830 1900; a Guinean Muslim cleric, and the founder and leader of the Wassoulou Empire, an Islamic empire that was in present-day South-eastern Guinea. Toure resisted French colonial rule in West Africa from 1882 until his capture in 1898. Ture died in captivity on June 2, 1900, following a bout of pneumonia. His tomb is at the Camayanne Mausoleum, within the gardens of Conakry Grand Mosque.

Lady in hennin presentting a prize to a knight after a tournament. The knight in a tunic with coat of arms, supported by two heralds. From a miniature in King Renes Tournament Book, Le Livre des Tounois du roi Rene, 15th century. Le prix de tournoi. Chromolithograph by Felix Elie Regamey from Paul Lacroixs La Vie Militaire et Religieuse au Moyen Age et a lEpoque de la Renaissance, Military and Religious Life in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, Paris, 1873.

Illustration depicting Vortigern a 5th-century warlord in Britain, known perhaps as a king of the Britons, or at least connoted as such in the writings of Bede. His existence is nonetheless contested by scholars, and information about him is obscure.

The Grand Coronation of Napleon Ist, Emperor of France, from the Church of Notre-Dame, 2 December 1804. Gilray cartoon 1805. Dejected Pope Pius VII, Emperors train supported by Spain, Prussia and Holland.

The competing knights line up before the tourney Date: circa 1500

Ring Race of Christian II ("Rinklenen ...") to Fastnacht 1607

The arrival of the Varangians in Russia. The Varangians or Varyags was the name given by Greeks, Rus' people, and others to Vikings. Between the 9th and 11th centuries, Varengians ruled the medieval state of Kievan Rus', settled among many territories of modern Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine, and formed the Byzantine Varangian Guard. According to the 12th-century Kievan Primary Chronicle, a group of Varangians known as the Rus settled in Novgorod in 862 under the leadership of Rurik.

PALM PROCESSION, FEAST OF TABERNACLES, 1889.

Act 2 Mission Play, San Gabliel, California, Excommunication of Comandante Rivera by Father Junipero Serra still image. Postcards. 1898 - 1931. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Members of different brotherhoods carrying a coffin during a procession. Coloured lithograph after G. Dura.

The figures represented here are English people around A.D. 1200. They are, from left to right: a Knight templar and a knight.

Mules of the Plaza de Toros three mules, decorated for bullfighting pageantry, standing outside the entrance to the plaza. 1865

Diabolus chides the people. Date: First published: 1678

Arabs returning from a slave raid. Africa. Photogravure by André & Sleigh, late 19th century. Colorised.

Death of Joseph (c1840-1904) Chief of the Nez-Perce. Led North American Indian tribes in resistance to white settlers (1877). From 'Le Petit Journal', Paris, October 1904.

Saint George icon St. George's Greek Orthodox Church, Madaba, Jordan. Church was created in the late 1800's and houses many famous icons

Sign of times. Symbol of the worship of the current era / the new Trinity.

General Joseph Vladimirovich Gurko entering the city of Sofia with the ruins of the Cathedral of St. Sophia in the background, 1878. Russo-Turkish War, Bulgaria, 19th century.

fine arts, Altdorfer, Albrecht (circa 1480 - 1538), altarpiece, Sebastiansaltar, Christ carrying the cross, 1509 - 1518, wood, 114 cm x 96 cm, Canons Regular of Saint Augustine monastery, Sankt Florian, religious art, altar, painting, religion, christianity, Upper Austria, renaissance, Jesus, falling, stumbling, passion,

The figures represented here are English people around A.D. 1200. They are a Knight Templar and a knight. The illustration dates to 1882.

The French Protectorate in Morocco (Arabic: حماية فرنسا في المغرب‎ Himaïet Fransa fi El-Maghreb; French: Protectorat français au Maroc) was established by the Treaty of Fez. It existed from 1912, when a protectorate was formally established, until Moroccan independence (2 March 1956), and consisted of the area of Morocco between the Corridor of Taza and the Draa River. The establishment of the French protectorate of Morocco followed centuries-long France-Morocco relations.

Series From the Caliph Period, Entry of Saladin into Jeruslaem, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture from ca 1900, Liebig collector's picture, exact date unknown

Engraving of the Coronation Procession of King Charles II (1630-1685) monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Dated 1660

Picture series operas: Lohengrin, Lohengrin's Arrival, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a Liebig collector's picture from ca 1900

Cholera amongst victims of famine in China. Government officials mobbed by starving people. Hands of woman on mattress at right are in typical cholera attitude. From 'Le Petit Journal', Paris, March 1907

Charlemagne has the idol three Saxons Irminsul destroyed, digitally restored reproduction of a public domain collective picture from ca 1900, Liebig picture series Charlemagne, 766-814, (1893)

Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including an earthquake, a mob by St Paul's, Prince Albert ?, and the Boxer Rebellion ?. Coloured lithograph, c.1841?.

Isola Bella, celebration for the marriage of Charles Borromeo and Giovanna Odescalchi, 1667. Italy, 17th century.

Series of pictures Biblical Stories II, 1883, Paris, King Josias reads out the law books, Liebig picture, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a collective picture from c. 1900

English grandee of the East India Company riding in an Indian procession, 1825-1830. Artist: Unknown

Joshua burns the town of Ai. Old Testament. Antique digitally colored Biblical illustration by Gustave Doré (1832-1883)

Peasant Wedding, by Wincenty Wodzinowski, Poland 19th century. Woodcut.

India. Maratha Empire. Founded by King Shivaji on 17th century. Engraving, 19th century. Colored.

Historical illustration from the 19th Century, ornate procession of Emperor Charles V and Pope Clement VII in Bologna, crowning of the emperor in 1530

A West African king performs a ceremonial dance before the women and warriors of his tribe Date: 1870

Simon shares the burden of the cross , Biblical events, Stations of the Cross, Jesus Christ

Douraunee Afghan Chieftans. Mid 19th century. Afghanistan.

Wings of a triptych depicting a scene of the Legend of Saint Hedwig of Silesia (1174-1243), mother of Henry II of Silesia. Battle between Christians and Mongols. The souls of the dead Christians are taken to Heaven by the angels, while the souls of the Tartars are swallowed by Hell. Around 1440. From the Church of Saint Bernardine of Siena, Wroclaw (Breslau). National Museum. Warsaw. Poland.

JOSE FRANCISCO DE SAN MARTIN Argentinian soldier and statesman who worked and fought for independence in Chile and Peru as well as his own country.

Historical views of Spain. Bullfighter about to kill a bull with dagger and lance in a bullring with female picador 76, burning heretics at the stake in an Auto da Fe 77 and Christopher Columbus setting out for the Americas 78. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev. Isaac Taylors Scenes in Europe, for the Amusement and Instruction of Little Tarry-at-Home Travelers, John Harris, London, 1819.

Chinese people driving away evil spirits at Malacca, Malaysia. Wood engraving by D. Macpherson, 1891.

Emblem bearers of the Cutch - One of these golden vessels contains water from the Ganges, and whenever the Maharaja is thirsty, he is able to drink of the water of this sacred river. India, circa 1900

First sight of King George VI and his consort, Queen Elizabeth after they had left Westminster Abbey for the processional drive back to Buckingham Palace. Illustration shows their Majesties crowned and carrying sceptres, seated in the magnificent golden State coach and accompanied by Yeoman of the Guard and other attendants in livery of red and gold. Date: 1937

King Edward murdered at Corfe Castle allegedly by his stepmother AEthelthryth (Elfrida) in order to make way for her son AEthelred II. He became a martyr saint.

Torture, Punishment, Punishment, A Chinese man with his hands bound in a wooden grid kneels on the ground and is surrounded by two men with a long stick and one man with a rope, c. 1810, China, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Asia

Illustration Martin Luther Protestant Wartburg Religion

Torture, Punishment, Punishment, A Chinese man is held down on the ground by one man while another beats him with a wooden stick, c. 1810, China, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Asia

Cartoon at the French intervention, 1831; For God's will, your intervention! For two people from the country of non-intervention!. Cartoon on the intervention by France in Belgium, 1831. Two awarded French 'Volontair Parisiens' ask a Belgian woman to make an 'intervention', a alms. See also the pendant.

'SIR GALAHAD AND THE VISION OF THE HOLY GRAEL'

The Pharaoh in pursuit of the Israelites after they began their exodus from Egypt. From The Holy Bible published by William Collins, Sons, & Company in 1869. Chromolithograph by J.M. Kronheim & Co.

Picture series Order, Order of St. Andrew, founded in 1698 by Peter the Great, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture from around 1900, exact date unknown

Anonymous drawing showing the funeral procession for Archduke Ferdinand of Tirol, sheet 6, groups 25-30, in brown pen and watercolor with cover colors on paper, emphasizing ceremonial arrangement.

Pharaoh in Pursuit of Moses and the Israelites Artist Unknown

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