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people: an image depicting or containing humans, whether individual or groups, and whether foreground or background.

Synonyms: crowds, pedestrians, onlookers, spectaters

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Pictures and page images from La Vita Nuova (The New Life) by Dante Alighieri, translated by Gabriel Rossetti and illustrated by Evelyn Paul, with music by Alfred Mercer.

The book is undated, but it appears to have been produced some time between 1897 and 1920. Most booksellers say about 1910, so that is what I have used.

Gabriel Rossetti was a Pre-Raphaelite painter and a Romantic writer and poet.

The full text of this translation is online at The Rosetti Archive, although it isn’t exactly the same edition.

I have scanned some complete pages, some details, and also some borders.

There is an entry in the Nuttall Encyclopædia for Charles Dante Gabriel Rossetti and another for Dante Alighieri.

Evelyn Paul died in 1945, less than 70 years ago, but this book was published jointly in the UK and the US, before 1923, and hence is out of copyright.

Symbol of St. Matthew the Evangelist

La Vita Nuova (The New Life) (1910)

Saint Matthew is traditionally depicted (shown) as a human or an angel. He holds a scroll, representing the Gospel he wrote.

This image is a detail from a larger picture.

Keywords: symbols, evangelists, saints, saint matthew, people, angels, religion

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-10-24

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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Zodiac wheel with woman (detail)

La Vita Nuova (The New Life) (1910)

The central part of the illustration of the Zodiac wheel with the Evangelist symbols.

I have also made separate images for Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

Keywords: people, women, zodiac, astrology, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-10-26

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Untitled image, Mediaeval tower

La Vita Nuova (The New Life) (1910)

Untitled image; a man (the protagonist) sits outside a mediæval castle tower. He wears red boots and a long robe, a medieval scholar’s dress perhaps, and in the background a lady spares him a glance. [...]

Keywords: towers, people, scholars, christmas

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-04-21

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