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Ruins of Lindisfarne Priory The Antiquities of England and Wales (1783)

The caption reads, History Preserving the Monuments of Antiquity. The side View of Lindisfarne, or Holy Island Monastery, Northumberland. Pub. 25 May 1781 by S. Hooper The image is signed, S. Spurrow [...]

Keywords: abbeys, castles, windows, arches, ruins, people, clouds, bare feet, nudity, colour

Places shown: Lindisfarne; Northumberland; England

Added: 2003-02-28

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Ornate border from 1878 Title Page (black version) Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This is the ornate decorative border from the title page of this book; it features cherubs or putti (naked boys with wings) holding up giant urns or vases; mermaids and mermen; angels, vines, flowers [...]

Keywords: borders, cherubs, nudity, bare feet, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-01-03

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Shabby-Chic Cartouche! Eccles. Liber, In Quo Omnia ... (1564)

This cartouche or frame is supported by two winged cherubs or putti, each holding rope with many tassels that connects to a broad-brimmed hat surmounting the frame. There is also a small cross. You ca [...]

Keywords: ornaments, frames, cartici, borders, cherubs, bare feet, nudity, wings, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2013-04-18

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Cartouche from Dedication Page Eccles. Liber, In Quo Omnia ... (1564)

This woodcut features a scroll-work oval cartouche or frame, with a wide-brimmed hat on top of it. Two cherubs, or winged putti, one on either side, hold multi-tassled rope. I don’t know the significa [...]

Keywords: frames, cartici, borders, cherubs, ornaments, nudity, bare feet, wings, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2013-04-19

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Cherub (cutout) Eccles. Liber, In Quo Omnia ... (1564)

A cherub or “putto” isolated from his background.

See also the cherub in context.

Keywords: cherubs, nudity, boys, bare feet, ornaments, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2013-04-21

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Decorative initial letter O with cherbus cooking soup Fabrica... (1543)

A Decorative initial letter “O” used as a drop cap on the first page of this famous book. THe outer border around the outside of the letter “O” has oak leaves and dragons; inside the “O” we see naked [...]

Keywords: lettero, initials, children, nudity, bare feet, dragons, borders, mythical creatures, cooking, food, greyscale

Places shown: unspecified

Added: 2010-01-19

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Robert Fludd - The Mirror of the Whole of Nature and the Image of Art Collected Occult Images (1690)

This engraving, captioned Integra Natura fpeculum Artisque imago, which is, The whole(ness) of nature reflected in the mirror of art, appeared in Utriusque cosmi maioris scilicet et minoris metaphysic [...]

Keywords: occult, diagrams, alchemy, zodiac, astrology, people, nudity, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2012-08-08

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1.—Martyrs suspended by one or both feet, by the arms with heavy weights attached to the feet; crucified; Christian women hung up by the hair Tortures and Torments of the Christian Martyrs (1903)

A. Martyrs suspended by one foot. B. Suspended by both feet. C. Raised on the cross head uppermost. D. Nailed to the cross, head downwards. E. Hung up by both arms, heavy weights being attached to the [...]

Keywords: death, torture, nudity, people, punishments, religion, feet, bare feet, spooky, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-03-26

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2.—Bound hand and foot to stakes and smeared with honey, and so left exposed to the sun, to be tortured by the stings of bees and other insects Tortures and Torments of the Christian Martyrs (1903)

A. Martyr suspended by both feet, and a great stone fastened to his neck. B. Sometimes the Blessed Martyrs, after being smeared with honey, were bound [naked] to stakes fixed in the ground, and so exp [...]

Keywords: nudity, torture, people, death, punishments, religion, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-03-26

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Bucolic scene from a glade in a forest. Goethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882)

A young man, topless and bare-legged, sits on a rock in a forest and dangles his feet as he plays a pipe or recorder. His dog is by his side. In the background, a young woman, wearing a dress, appro [...]

Keywords: people, forests, nudity, bare feet, dogs, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-10-18

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3.—Suspended by the thumbs, heavy stones being fastened to the feet; hung up over a slow fire and beaten Tortures and Torments of the Christian Martyrs (1903)

A. Martyr suspended by his thumbs, heavy stones being attached to his feet. B. Christians hung up, and a slow fire kindled underneath, so as to suffocate them with the smoke; the victims being scourge [...]

Keywords: nudity, torture, punishments, people, death, religion, feet, bare feet, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-04-03

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First Nations Chocolatiers The New World (1671)

Some naked and almost-naked people making chocolate. There are llamas in the background, and cocoa-trees e.g. on the right. Update: They are not making chocolate. The trees are probably papaya, but I [...]

Keywords: people, nudity, bare feet, food, chocolate, native americans, first nations, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-11-14

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