Items matching spirit (results page 1)

Frontispiece: Burkard Keller of Yburg.Legends of the Black Forest (1890)

A ghostly woman glowing white floats in the air, her bare feet not touching the ground, as she reaches out to a knight, kneeling in awestruck adoration. In the background a statue of the same woman at [...]

Keywords: people, ghosts, spirit, spooky, owls, forests, knights, colour

Places shown: Baden; Germany

Added: 2009-03-24

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11.—Gaulish Deity. Cernunnos.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The Celtic god Cernunnos is crowned with antlers. He is sometimes also called as Herne the Hunter, and may be the Green Man of British folklore. “[...] Under the church of Notre Dame, at Paris, were f [...]

Keywords: spirit, druids, gods, religion, greyscale

Places shown: Paris; Ile-de-France; France

Added: 2005-03-13

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12.—Gaulish Deity. Hesus.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A Celtic war god

Keywords: spirit, druids, gods, religion, spooky, greyscale

Places shown: Paris; Ile-de-France; France

Added: 2005-03-13

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A Ruby kindles in the vineThe Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (1905)

“IV Now the New Year reviving old Desires, The thoughtful Soul to Solitude retires, Where the WHITE HAND of MOSES on the Bough Puts out, and Jesus from the ground suspires. V Iram indeed is gone with [...]

Keywords: colour, people, trees, spirit

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-08-26

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56.—The Druid Grove.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A bearded and robed man sits in the shade of a giant tree, probably an oak tree; in the background a group of three robed figures surrounds a smaller tree.

Keywords: forests, druids, spirit, trees, people, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-05-22

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Silver Cup.A Short History of the English People (1902)

From barrow of Gorm and Thyra, Jutland. Worsaae, “Industrial Arts of Denmark.” Found in the huge double barrow in which the heathen king Gorm the Old, founder of the Danish monarchy (c. 900-936), and [...]

Keywords: cups, spirit, religion, druids, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-11-02

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283.—Royal Costume, and the Harness and Equipment of Horses. (Cotton M.S.)Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The Three Kings, the figures of legend that are derived from the story of the wise men, astronomers or astrologers who visited the infant Jesus. The Gospels do not say how many of them there were, bu [...]

Keywords: royalty, christmas, religion, costumes, animals, horses, spirit, saxon england, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-09-20

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Head of a Roman House Offering SacrificePopular History of Rome, A (1886)

A man, bare-headed and robed, pours from a two-handled jug into a lamp or jug. He is standing by a shrine. “Rome had no sacerdotal caste because the heads of each house were also the priests of the [...]

Keywords: religion, spirit, people, night scenes, death, greyscale

Places shown: Rome; Italy

Added: 2007-03-15

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53.—Mongrams, Crosses, etc. [overview]Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

Monograms (e.g. IHS), gothic crosses and other religious symbols.

I have made higher-resolution versions of the individual images, with the colour removed, so that you can reuse them.

Keywords: symbols, typography, spirit, colour, christmas

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-10-04

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53.1.—Cross of the Holy NameOrnamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

The closest cross I could find to this one is the symbol used in Cabbalistic mysticism representing a Holy Name. It is also similar to the cross used by the pope and other Papist dignitaries alongsid [...]

Keywords: symbols, crosses, spirit, religion, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-11-02

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53.2.—IHS MonogramOrnamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

The monogram IHS comes from the Greek for Jesus, IHESUS, or from the Latin Ihesus Hominum Salvator, which is, Jesus, saviour of Mankind (Jesus was the name of a religious person). A modern interpretat [...]

Keywords: symbols, spirit, religion, monograms, christmas, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-11-02

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53.4.—Decorative CrossOrnamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

A decorative cross. The outer part is an anchor cross or a fleur-de-lys cross. I have no further information on this one. There is an index of different crosses at Seiyaku (a site primarily about West [...]

Keywords: symbols, crosses, spirit, religion, arrows, fleurs de lys, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-11-02

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53.5.—Cross With Unkempt HairOrnamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

This might be a symbol representing a crown, with the crosses implying rule over a spirtual realm but with temporal power, such as an abbot or bishop. I don’t know what the hairstyle is about. Maybe [...]

Keywords: crosses, symbols, spirit, religion, crowns, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-11-02

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53.6.—Cross with CircleOrnamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

Perhaps the circle represents the world, the inner signs the four nails used to crucify the naked Jesus, the outer branches of the cross with the fleurons representing the religion itself. This would [...]

Keywords: crosses, symbols, spirit, religion, arrows, fleurs de lys, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-11-02

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53.7.—Clubs On LegsOrnamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

Possibly an architectural cross seen at the top of an arch.

This image is taken from plate 53.

Keywords: symbols, crosses, spirit, religion, fleurs de lys, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-11-02

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53.8.—IHSOrnamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

The monogram IHS comes from the Greek for Jesus, IHESUS, or from the Latin Ihesus Hominum Salvator, which is, Jesus, saviour of Mankind (Jesus was the name of a religious person). A modern interpretat [...]

Keywords: symbols, spirit, monograms, religion, christmas, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-11-02

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53.9.—Gothic CrossOrnamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

A cross between a cross and the ace of clubs, or perhaps clover leaves. This is called a ‘budded cross’, and in heraldry a ‘treflee cross’, ‘trefoil cross’, ‘bontonee cross’ or bottony cross’. Seiyak [...]

Keywords: symbols, crosses, spirit, religion, arrows, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-11-02

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53.11.—Four Quarters CrossOrnamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

A cross with a centre divided into four quarters, perhaps representing the four Gospels, the four Evangelists who wrote them, or the four corners of the world. This cross might look well on a map as [...]

Keywords: symbols, crosses, spirit, religion, arrows, ornaments, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-11-27

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53.16.—IHSOrnamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

The monogram IHS comes from the Greek for Jesus, IHESUS, or from the Latin Ihesus Hominum Salvator, which is, Jesus, saviour of Mankind (Jesus was the name of a religious person). A modern interpretat [...]

Keywords: ornaments, monograms, symbols, spirit, religion, typography, lettering, christmas, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-07-02

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53.18.—Fleur-de-LysOrnamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

A printer’s ornament, or, more likely, a calligraphic decoration. The name fleur-de-lys, or fleur-de-lis, may derive from the iris flower found on the banks of the River Lys in France, although the fl [...]

Keywords: symbols, ornaments, calligraphy, spirit, religion, heraldry, fleurs de lys, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-12-23

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