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Joan Blaeu's "Atlas Major", published in Amsterdam in 1662, consists of 593 plates bound in nine to twelve volumes. Volume 12:America."The prefecture of Paranambuca (Pernambuco,Brazil),northern part, with the prefecture of Itamaraca".
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Joan Blaeu's "Atlas Major", published in Amsterdam in 1662, consists of 593...

Joan Blaeu's "Atlas Major", published in Amsterdam in 1662, consists of 593 plates bound in nine to twelve volumes. Volume 12: America. The prefecture of Parabia del Rio Grande, Paraguay.
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Joan Blaeu's "Atlas Major", published in Amsterdam in 1662, consists of 593...

Sultan Omar rebuilds the Temple in Jerusalem. From Guillaume de Tyr,"Histoire de la Conquete de Jerusalem", Ms.fr 2629,folio 17.French,15th.
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Sultan Omar rebuilds the Temple in Jerusalem. From Guillaume de Tyr,"H...

Guiart des Moulins,Bible Historiale,France,14th MS 59,fol.17 recto. Construction of the Tower of Babel.
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Guiart des Moulins,Bible Historiale,France,14th MS 59,fol.17 recto. Construction...

Jean de Courcy,Chronicle "La Bouquechardiere", France,mid-15th.MS728,fol.7 Noah's Ark,The City of Argos,Construction of Athens.
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Jean de Courcy,Chronicle "La Bouquechardiere", France,mid-15th.MS728,fo...

A woman being distracted from her spinning, early 14th. A man is putting an arm around her shoulder and reaching out to touch her bottom. From the decretals of Pope Gegory IX (1170-1241).
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A woman being distracted from her spinning, early 14th. A man is putting an arm...

Masons building a tower. They use tools to shape stone blocks. Nobles watch the proceedings, one sits on a canopied throne. Right half of a diptych from the Isabella Breviary, presented to Queen Isabella of Spain by Francisco de Roias. ID: Add 18851, fol. 184-185 (detail).
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Masons building a tower. They use tools to shape stone blocks. Nobles watch the...

The Hebrews building cities for Pharaoh, around 1350. Illustration within a decorated border of dragons and scrolls; men are climbing up ladders and liftinh construction material to the top of a tower. From the "Barcelona Hagaddah", the story of the exodus read on Passover Eve. From northern Spain. ID:Add 14761, fol.43 r
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The Hebrews building cities for Pharaoh, around 1350. Illustration within a deco...

Woman weaving.
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Woman weaving.

From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Gonchunagon Sadaie,1162-1241:Burning sea-weed for salt production.Bundled seaweed is stacked;it is burnt in an oven;two women carry the ashes from the oven.Ashes are mixed with water,filtered and boiled to extract salt.
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From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Gonchunagon Sadaie,1162-...

Spinning and weaving, from 'Album of Scenes from Daily Life', late Choson dynasty, 19th century. A woman spins the yarn, while a man in the foreground sits at a loom weaving. The late Choson period was a period of relative prosperity in Korea. Chin'gyong, or 'true-view' landscape paintings became fashionable among the scholar literati class, and depicted real scenes from the Korean landscape, rather than those copied from Chinese paintings. Scenes of daily life, such as this one, became popular among the growing middle class. Kim Hong-do was one of the most famous painters of these scenes. This album is one of at least two known copies of Hong-do's famous original. The paintings focus on people and their activities, with the background barely illustrated. Scenes incude schoolroom scenes, wrestling, and other everyday activities. OA, 1961.5-13.04
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Spinning and weaving, from 'Album of Scenes from Daily Life', late Choson dynast...

Self-Portrait on the Borderline Between Mexico and the United States, 1932. María Rodriguez de Reyero Collection, New York.
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Self-Portrait on the Borderline Between Mexico and the United States, 1932. M...