Items matching christmas taken from Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) (results page 1)

29.—Arch-Druid in his full Judicial Costume. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A fanciful drawing of an Arch-Druid (archdruid) in his full costume, judicial presumably meaning that he is ready to judge over people. An old and stern-looking man with a long flowing beard wears a r [...]

Keywords: people, beards, bare feet, monks, robes, druids, spooky, christmas, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-08-29

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283.—Royal Costume, and the Harness and Equipment of Horses. (Cotton M.S.) Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The Three Kings, the figures of legend that are derived from the story of the wise men, astronomers or astrologers who visited the infant Jesus. The Gospels do not say how many of them there were, bu [...]

Keywords: royalty, christmas, religion, costumes, animals, horses, spirit, saxon england, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-09-20

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284.—The Harp, Accompanied by Other Instruments (cotton MS.). Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

[The Anglo-Saxons] put their own harp into the hands of the Royal Psalmist (Fig. 284) and indeed we see here King David on his throne, dressed as an Anglo-Saxon king. There’s also a violinist, a trump [...]

Keywords: royalty, people, musical instruments, music, christmas, religion, saxon england, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-10-11

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584.—Bracket, Lincoln. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A bracket, possibly a corbel supporting the end of an arch, in the form of a winged angel holding a shield with a cross on it.

Keywords: angels, statuary, carving, religion, spirit, christmas, greyscale

Places shown: Lincoln; Lincolnshire; England

Added: 2008-12-09

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784.—Horse Beating a Tabor. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

In Olde England (the Anglo-Norman period of about a thousand years ago) the horses used to play drums, especally at Christmas and other holidays. Or when marching to war: the text explains that the ho [...]

Keywords: horses, drums, musical instruments, christmas, animals, people, soldiers, whips, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-12-16

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787.—Bob Apple. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Bob-apple is a game in which an apple is hung by a string from the ceiling or other high piece, or put into a a bowl of water, and people have to eat it or pick it out of the bowl, allw ithout using t [...]

Keywords: people, games, christmas, xmas, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-10-10

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819.—Bridge at Evesham. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“ “About two miles and a half from Evesham is an elevated point near the village of Twyford, where the Alcester Road is crossed by another track. The [River] Avon is not more than a mile distant on e [...]

Keywords: bridges, water, people, churches, christmas, greyscale

Places shown: Evesham; Worcestershire; England

Added: 2006-02-13

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934.—Gable Crosses. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Crosses from the gables at the ends of the roof of Salisbury Cathedral. There are three crosses in the picture, so I have marked it as being for Christmas, or for Epiphany or even Easter perhaps, beca [...]

Keywords: crosses, stonework, gothic architecture, carving, christmas, xmas, easter, religion, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Salisbury; Wiltshire; English

Added: 2012-12-01

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1052.—St. Nicholas Church, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“Among the more important churches erected in the period of which we treat, that of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne holds an honourable place (Fig. 1052). It crowns a bold eminence, and forms from every point of [...]

Keywords: spires, churches, towers, people, shops, streets, clocks, houses, christmas, colour

Places shown: Newcatle-upon-tyne; Northumberland; England

Added: 2004-03-04

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1056.—Jedburgh Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“The Black Canons were introduced into Scotland about the same time as in England. One of their houses was at Jedburgh, the inmates [sic] of which came from Beauvais in France, early in the twelfth ce [...]

Keywords: abbeys, churches, ruins, christmas, greyscale

Places shown: Jedburgh; Roxburghshire; Scotland

Added: 2006-09-12

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1140.—Library Chair, Reading Table, and Reading Desk (Royal MS. 15D iii.) Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“The square-backed chair (Fig. 1146) was frequent in the mansions of the thirteenth century. In the fourteenth, they, and other articles combining household utility and elegance, were modified by the [...]

Keywords: royalty, scholars, pictures of books, furniture, christmas, greyscale

Places shown: England

Added: 2006-01-19

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Book stand (Detail from Fig. 1140) Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The book stand taken from Fig. 1140. Mediæval clip art. Or, for Americans, medieval clip art.

Keywords: pictures of books, books, furniture, christmas, greyscale

Places shown: England

Added: 2006-01-19

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