Items matching skeletons (results page 1)

Title Page, OsteographiaOsteographia, or the Anatomy of the Bones (1733)

The title page includes an engracing of three gentlemen discussing and examining a skeleton, I think human, with just the rib cage, neck, skull, remaining, suspended upside=down from a wooden tripod. [...]

Keywords: title pages, anatomy, skeletons, greyscale

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Added: 2023-02-21

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Deer Skeleton from 18th century engravingOsteographia, or the Anatomy of the Bones (1733)

This drawing shows the reassembled skeleton of a deer as if it were walking. There are antlers, but no text on the page to identify the species.

Keywords: deer, animals, skeletons, death, walking, anatomy, biology, greyscale

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Added: 2023-02-21

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Skeleton sitting on a tree stump and waving, from 18th century engravingOsteographia, or the Anatomy of the Bones (1733)

This engraving is actually labeled monkey (in pencil, by hand) in the book. Indeed the skull and the shape of the feet especially suggests that. It sits on the sawn-off stump of a large tree, a creepe [...]

Keywords: monkeys, skeletons, death, biology, trees, bare feet, bones, greyscale

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Added: 2023-02-21

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Turtle SkeletonOsteographia, or the Anatomy of the Bones (1733)

This engraving or etching shows a skeleton of a turtle or tortoise, complete with the control levers for the driver. Turtles look like they are normal creatures but actually have a small lizard that l [...]

Keywords: skeletons, animals, bones, levers, tortoises, turtles, greyscale

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Added: 2025-10-21

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62a.—Initial capital letter “A” from Dance of Death AlphabetDie Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This decorative initial letter “A”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein the Younger and dating from 1523. It features a skeleton banging a drum (or tabor) with a bone, and also p [...]

Keywords: lettera, initials, death, skeletons, music, musical instruments, spirit, greyscale

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Added: 2009-03-07

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62b.—Initial capital letter “B” from Dance of Death AlphabetDie Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This decorative initial letter “B”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. It features two skeletons, or death-figures, a dog and a pope. Some commentators say [...]

Keywords: letterb, initials, death, skeletons, religion, spirit, greyscale

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Added: 2009-03-07

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62c.—Initial capital letter “C” from Dance of Death AlphabetDie Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This decorative initial letter “C”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. it features an emperor in the clutches of two skeletons, or Deaths, one of whom he r [...]

Keywords: letterc, initials, death, skeletons, spirit, greyscale

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Added: 2009-03-11

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62d.—Initial capital letter “D” from Dance of Death AlphabetDie Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This decorative initial letter “D”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. It features a king thrown to the ground and forcibly dragged away by two skeletons, [...]

Keywords: letterd, initials, death, skeletons, greyscale

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Added: 2009-03-11

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62e.—Initial capital letter “E” from Dance of Death AlphabetDie Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This decorative initial letter “E”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. It features a skeleton, representing Death, with bony hands on the shoulders of a ca [...]

Keywords: lettere, initials, death, skeletons, spirit, greyscale

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Added: 2009-03-22

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62f.—Initial capital letter “F” from Dance of Death Alphabet.Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This decorative initial letter “F”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. Two grinning skeletons, representing Death, are attacking an empress sitting in her [...]

Keywords: letterf, initials, death, skeletons, royalty, spirit, greyscale

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Added: 2009-03-27

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62g.—Initial capital letter “G” from Dance of Death Alphabet.Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This decorative initial letter “G”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. It shows two skeletons, or Death figures, siezing a queen; one skeleton plays the fl [...]

Keywords: letterg, initials, death, skeletons, royalty, greyscale

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Added: 2009-03-28

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62h.—Initial capital letter “H” from Dance of Death Alphabet.Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This decorative initial letter “H”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. It depicts a skeleton, representing Death, dragging off a bishop. A B C D E F G H I [...]

Keywords: letterh, initials, death, skeletons, religion, greyscale

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Added: 2009-04-01

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62i.—Initial capital letter “I” from Dance of Death Alphabet.Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This decorative initial letter “I”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. It is also used for “J.” It features a skeleton (Death) in the guise of an old woman [...]

Keywords: letteri, letterj, initials, death, skeletons, religion, greyscale

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Added: 2009-04-18

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62j.—Initial capital letter “J” for Dance of Death Alphabet.Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

The original Dance of Death alphabet lacks the letter J since this is more modern. So I made one, based on another letter.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P S T V W X Y Z

Keywords: letterj, initials, death, skeletons, religion, greyscale

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Added: 2020-07-31

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62k.—Initial capital letter “K” from Dance of Death Alphabet.Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This decorative initial letter “K”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. It features a skeleton representing Death, wearing a fur cap and mantle, and with a [...]

Keywords: letterk, initials, death, skeletons, greyscale

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Added: 2009-05-12

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62l.—Initial capital letter “L” from Dance of Death Alphabet.Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This decorative initial letter “L”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. It features a skeleton, representing Death, standing on the left, carrying holy wate [...]

Keywords: letterl, initials, death, skeletons, religion, people, greyscale

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Added: 2009-09-03

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62n.—Initial capital letter “N” from Dance of Death Alphabet.Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This decorative initial letter “N”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. It shows a money-lender, or perhaps a miser, counting his money; two skeletons, repr [...]

Keywords: lettern, people, skeletons, death, greyscale

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Added: 2011-02-09

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62o.—Initial capital letter “O” from Dance of Death Alphabet.Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This decorative initial letter “O”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. The skeleton figures in the alphabet represent death. This letter, O, a terrified mo [...]

Keywords: lettero, initials, death, people, skeletons, religion, greyscale

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Added: 2012-04-03

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62p.—Initial capital letter “P” from Dance of Death Alphabet.Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This decorative initial letter “P”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. The skeleton figures in the alphabet represent death. This letter, P, includes a bat [...]

Keywords: letterp, initials, death, people, skeletons, soldiers, weapons, greyscale

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Added: 2012-04-05

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62q.—Initial capital letter “Q” from Dance of Death Alphabet.Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This decorative initial letter “Q”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. The skeleton figures in the alphabet represent death. This letter, Q, includes an il [...]

Keywords: letterq, initials, death, people, skeletons, religion, nuns, greyscale

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Added: 2012-04-06

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