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Scriptorium Monk at Work

Scriptorium Monk at Work

Pentateuch of Printing with a Chapter on Judges (1891)

Scriptorium Monk at Work (from Lacroix.) A monk copies a text from a large book on his writing-table.

Keywords: people, books, scholars, christmas

Places shown: unspecified

Added: 2006-01-21

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Discourse into the Night

Discourse into the Night

Pentateuch of Printing with a Chapter on Judges (1891)

Two learned robed, bearded and barefoot gentlemen converse, books in their lap. The smoke-filled scene is lit by a single flame.

Keywords: people, bare feet, candles, scholars

Places shown: unspecified

Added: 2006-01-21

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Moses Views the Promised Land

Moses Views the Promised Land

A Record of Fifty Years’ Work (1901)

“By Lord Leighton, P.R.A., from “Dalziel’s Bible Gallery.” By permission of Messrs. Herbert Virtue & Co. Ltd.” (p. 243) The Biblical text illustrated is: “48 And the LORD spoke unto Moses that same da [...]

Keywords: people, scholars, bare feet, beards, mountains, religion

Places shown: Abarim; Moab; Israel

Added: 2006-10-02

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Helpless Pieces of the Game he Plays

Helpless Pieces of the Game he Plays

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (1905)

In the picture, an old white-bearded man wearing a green robe and headband is holding one hand aloft and beckoning with the other. LXV The Revelations of Devout and Learn’d   Who rose before us, and [...]

Keywords: scholars, colour, people, beards

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-01-20

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Title page detail: Scholarly King

Title page detail: Scholarly King

Bill Nye’s History of England (1900)

In this detail from the title page, a king (wearing a crown) sits at a table with a pen and an open book, and is also consulting a dictionary. He sratches his head, obviously baffled.

Keywords: cartoons, scholars, books, royalty, humour

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-06-10

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1146.—Chair (Royal M.S. 14 E, iii.)

1146.—Chair (Royal M.S. 14 E, 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: furniture, chairs, people, writing, royalty, monks, scholars, christmas

Places shown: England

Added: 2006-01-19

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1140.—Library Chair, Reading Table, and Reading Desk (Royal MS. 15D iii.)

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

Places shown: England

Added: 2006-01-19

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Étude a la Plume

Étude a la Plume

Musée Artistique et Littéraire, Le (1880)

pour la Mort de la Vierge, par Albert Durer. (Collection Jvellanos à l’Institute de Gijon (Espagna) Study [using] the pen, for Death of the Virgin by Albrecht Dürer (Duerer). From the Jovellanos coll [...]

Keywords: scholars, people, robes, religion, beards, sorrow

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-01-30

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Writing Desk

Writing Desk

South by East: Notes of Travel in Southern Europe (1877)

A small illustration to enliven the space at the end of Chapter VI. A bearded man sits writing at a mediæval writing desk; there are scrolls in the foreground, and a gargoyle’d trifoliate carving on [...]

Keywords: scholars, people, beards, christmas

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-03-17

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Evangelist with lion

Evangelist with lion

Book of Hours, Ms. Library of Congress. Rosenwald ms. 10 (1533)

A bearded man, perhaps in his thirties or forties, sits holding a book in his lap; to his left is a writing stand with an open manuscript; he holds a quill pen to his eye. There is a lion behind him, [...]

Keywords: colour, people, art, animals, windows, writing, pictures of books, religion, scholars, christmas

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-09-30

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Miniature painting of a scribe writing at a desk

Miniature painting of a scribe writing at a desk

Book of Hours, Ms. Library of Congress. Rosenwald ms. 10 (1533)

A Mediæval (OK, Medieval in America) miniature painting taken from a Latin book of hours. A bearded scribe uses a quill pen to write in a book that rests on a wooden writing desk. He wears a blue gow [...]

Keywords: colour, scholars, people, books, angels, christmas

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-03-01

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Painted miniature: a writer, with a castle in the background

Painted miniature: a writer, with a castle in the background

Book of Hours, Ms. Library of Congress. Rosenwald ms. 10 (1533)

I suspect this is a complex emblem painting. A man with long curly hair sits barefoot on the grass, wearing a blue robe and with a red and gold cloak on his lap. He gazes heavenward for inspiration, [...]

Keywords: colour, scholars, angels, castles, bare feet, people, mediaeval, christmas

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-03-01

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