Items matching colour, book covers (results page 62)

6. The Seal of Valefor.The Book of Ceremonical magic: A Complete Grimoire (1911)

VI. Valefor [6], a powerful duke, appearing as a many-headed lion [7]. He leads those with whom he is familiar into theft. Note 6: Or Malaphar. Note 7: With the head of a hunter or a thief, says Wier [...]

Keywords: symbols, occult, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2015-06-13

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13: CopticaOratio Dominica: The Lord’s Prayer in above 100 Languages, Versions and Characters (1713)

Keywords: page images, alphabets, typography, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2001-09-05

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Branxholm TowerThe Scott Country (1920)

“It was from Branxholm, on the Teviot above Hawick, that another Scott of the name – generation after generation were Walters – rode forth to rescue ‘Kinmount Willie’ from prison in Carlisle. The Min [...]

Keywords: colour, castles, towers, water, trees

Places shown: Hawick; Roxburghshire; Scotland

Added: 2004-03-15

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Iffley MillOxford (1910)

“Close by [Christ Church] meadow the college barges line the banks of the Isis, and then come other meadows on either side – meadows nameless and indignified by pageantry, but sacred to Oxford’s speci [...]

Keywords: trees, water, grass, colour, mills

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-04-02

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Land of the Semites. Desert and Caravan.Great Races of Mankind Vol III (1893)

This full-page colour illustration is opposite to the chapter opening for Part III, Semites and Hamites, Book XIV, The Aramæns, Chapter 102, The Old Asshurites.

Keywords: views, deserts, mountains, people, camels, colour

Places shown: Palestine

Added: 2024-08-24

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Cedars of LebanonThe Land and the Book (1894)

A group of camels and some humans are at the edge of a forest of mighty cedar trees; in the far distance are some snow-capped mountains.

Keywords: trees, cedar trees, people, camels, forests, mountains, spears, colour

Places shown: Lebanon

Added: 2021-01-11

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Old Chained BibleMemorials of Hampshire. (1906)

The Knight Hospitaller’s Tomb and Old Chained Bible at North Baddesley Church. The bible dates from 1620 and was donated to the church in 1702. The tomb is now in the chancel of the church. (From a [...]

Keywords: books, pictures of books, gravestones, tombs, interiors, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: North Baddesley; Hampshire; England

Added: 2003-09-17

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Slaves for the HaremLa Civilizacion 3 (1881)

Cautivas Para El Harem Captives for the Harem. This picture shows two young women with their wrists bound being forced to walk alongside a man with beard and headdress (perhaps a turban) who is riding [...]

Keywords: slavers, slaves, slavery, captovoty, horses, people, spears, weapons, eunuchs, turbans, beards, men, women, boys, colour

Places shown: unknown

Added: 2021-03-06

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Ten-piece floral border, green and purpleSpécimen général de la Fonderie Amsterdam (1915)

This is a dainty border, so I have coloured it with pastels. I can supply it also in the original black and white, or as a GIMP XCF file with the two different colours on separate layers if you want t [...]

Keywords: borders, foliated borders, colour, green, full-page borders, delicate borders, romance, christmas, xmas

Places shown: none

Added: 2018-08-25

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Queen MabContributed Images (2004)

A version of Queen Mab from Edgar’s Treasury of Verse, coloured by Liam Quin. You can use this as a stock image as long as you link back here and also send me a copy (or URL) of anything you do with i [...]

Keywords: backgrounds, wallpaper, colour, fairies, gallery

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-09-06

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Wolvesey CastleMemorials of Hampshire. (1906)

Plan of XIIth Century Castle restored from recent explorations (From a Drawing by N. C. H. Nisbett, A.R.I.B.A.) Norman Clayton Hadlow Nisbett (1860 – 1918) was an architect who worked with Frederic R [...]

Keywords: castles, plans, colour

Places shown: Winchester; Hampshire; England

Added: 2004-03-05

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Plate XIV—Chinese DragonThe Art of Decorative Design (1862)

A stylized Chinese dragon flies in a blue sky between white clouds in a pattern intended i think to suggest a repeat. A DRINKING vessel preserved in the South Kensington Museum is beautified by an orn [...]

Keywords: dragons, chinese dragons, mythical creatures, clouds, decoration, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2025-01-14

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ChartresCathedral Cities of France (1907)

Chartres Cathedral, Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres, “Cathedral of Our Lady in Chartres” was rebuilt in the 13th century after it was destroyed by lightning in 1194. “ “Chartres,” says Mr. Henry jam [...]

Keywords: cathedrals, cityscapes, views, colour, trees, water, sunsets, bridges

Places shown: Chartres; Eure-et-Loir; France

Added: 2006-06-30

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14: ÆthiopicaOratio Dominica: The Lord’s Prayer in above 100 Languages, Versions and Characters (1713)

Keywords: page images, alphabets, typography, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2001-09-05

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The East Gate, WarwickWarwick and Leamington (1920)

...the beholder now looks down a narrow street, on each side of which here and there are dwelling-houses preserving their Elizabethan aspect, and at the further end of which, looming up like the backg [...]

Keywords: towns, streets, churches, spires, colour

Places shown: Warwick; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2003-12-02

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Church of St.Mary, Redcliffe(bg)Ancestral Homes of Noted Americans (1915)

Version cropped for use as a wallpaper (screen background for computer desktop)

Keywords: churches, spires, towers, trees, arches, windows, cityscapes, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: Redcliffe; Bristol; Gloucestershire; England

Added: 2004-06-30

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Church of St. Mary, Redcliffe, BristolAncestral Homes of Noted Americans (1915)

Admiral Sir William Pen (1621 – 70), son of Giles Penn of Redcliffe, was buried at St Mary Redcliffe Church. He was a squadron commander in Cromwell’s Navy. He received Pennsylvania as a land grant in [...]

Keywords: churches, spires, towers, trees, arches, windows, cityscapes, christmas, colour

Places shown: Redcliffe; Bristol; Gloucestershire; England

Added: 2004-06-30

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2103.—Herstmonceaux Castle.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

There’s a modern photograph and also a Medieval Festival held each year. The castle is of brick and dates from 1415. The modern spelling is Herstmonceux, near Hailsham, East Sussex.

Keywords: castles, towers, bridges, entrances, creeper, people, animals, dogs, colour

Places shown: Herstmonceaux; East Sussex; England

Added: 1999-11-01

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2105.—East Basham, NorfolkOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Near Walsingham. “It is a curious and instructive contrast to compare with Herstmonceaux – a true Castle, but in which the domestic mansion was beginning to show itself – with East Basham Hall in Nor [...]

Keywords: manors, ruins, entrances, windows, colour

Places shown: Walsingham; Norfolk; England

Added: 1999-11-01

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2106.—Inn at Charmouth.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

I’m not sure if The Queens Arms is the same place. let me know!

Keywords: inns, animals, people, horses, carts, streets, cobbles, christmas, colour

Places shown: Charmouth; Dorset; England

Added: 2004-03-04

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