back to overview
 
1,060 photos
Bible of Souvigny,France,late 12th. MS 1,fol.4 verso: The Creation of the World.
#32010358

Bible of Souvigny,France,late 12th. MS 1,fol.4 verso: The Creation of the Worl...

A portrait of Shah Djahangir flanked by two birds; noblewomen in conversation. From Isfahan. Moghul miniature,early 17th. Ms E-14
#32010367

A portrait of Shah Djahangir flanked by two birds; noblewomen in conversation. F...

Shah Abbas I on horseback with a falcon, around 1620. Moghul miniature from Isfahan,Ms.E-14.
#32010368

Shah Abbas I on horseback with a falcon, around 1620. Moghul miniature from Isfa...

A phoenix plucks at vegetation with it beak and talons.At right it lies in the flames,ready to be reborn from the ashes. Illustration from a page of text from a Bestiary or moralized natural history in Latin. The principal source is a translation of the Greek work called Physiologu. Roy.12.C.XIX.fol.49v (detail)
#32010542

A phoenix plucks at vegetation with it beak and talons.At right it lies in the...

Alexander the Great exploring the sea in a glass diving bell, around 1400-1425.Alexander the Great,wearing his crown, sits with a cat and a chicken in a contraption lowered by rope from a ship.Legendary scene from "Le Livre et la vraye histoire du bon roy Alexandre". Roy.20.B.XX.fol.77 v
#32010546

Alexander the Great exploring the sea in a glass diving bell, around 1400-1425....

The murder of Saint Thomas Becket,around 1500-1550. Soldiers attack the Archbishop of Canterbury while he kneels at the altar.The composition is surrounded by a decorated border with flowers. From "King's 9 hours", Kings.9.fol.38 v.
#32010557

The murder of Saint Thomas Becket,around 1500-1550. Soldiers attack the Archbish...

Pentecost. A red hexagonal enclosure of stone or brick surrounds two tall blue towers with conical brown roofs, which are joined by a red-tiled roof with a ball at each end. Under this stand the twelve apostles, with Peter holding the key in the centre and Paul to his right. Above the dove, in blue, descends vertically with red flames coming from its mouth. From:"Ottobeuren Collectarius". ID:Y.T.2,fol. 27b-28
#32010615

Pentecost. A red hexagonal enclosure of stone or brick surrounds two tall blue t...

Dante and Apollo, first half 15th.On the left Dante,dressed in blue, kneels in a meadow before Apollo who holds towards him a laurel crown in each hand. Apollo is dressed in a classic military costume, crowned with a golden laurel and stands on a black raven. To his side is a laurel tree, behind him the two peaks of Parnassus above which are the nine muses emerging from a cloud. To the right stands Marsyas,playing a flute. In the foreground lies the flayed Marsyas, paler and marked with blood. From a copy of Dante's "Divina Comedia" . Made for Alphonso V, King of Aragon,Naples and Sicily. ID Y.T.36 fol.129
#32010646

Dante and Apollo, first half 15th.On the left Dante,dressed in blue, kneels in a...

Combat a la barriere: A group of musicians on a phoenix 1627. 12 x 8,6 cm, Lieure 586
#33010267

Combat a la barriere: A group of musicians on a phoenix 1627. 12 x 8,6 cm,...

Peacock,sketch of a mechanical costume for Maurice Ravel's ballet "Histoire Naturelle",1916 Watercolour and stencil on paper
#33010765

Peacock,sketch of a mechanical costume for Maurice Ravel's ballet "Histoire Natu...

From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Chunagon Yakomochi,8th CE:Chinese fishermen in their boats;three magpies fly over them.
#33010816

From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Chunagon Yakomochi,8th C...

From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Workday in a small town:a man cleans the street,women dye cloth,another woman washes clothes,a birdcatcher with his net and a man ploughing in a flooded rice- paddy.
#33010819

From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Workday in a small town:...